Abstract
Drawing extensively on Benson’s unpublished diaries and correspondence, this essay irst considers her engagement with the campaign for votes for women, in particular, her work with the Women Writers’ Suffrage League, and the influence of her aunt, the novelist Mary Cholmondeley, in that engagement. Placing Benson’s first novel within the context of other suffragette literature of the period, the essay then focuses on the portrayal of the suffragette movement in I Pose, a novel in which the protagonist rehearses arguments about equality and women’s suffrage
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Fiction and 'the Woman Question' from 1850 to 1930 |
| Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Pages | 103-122 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781527550414 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Jul 2020 |
Keywords
- Suffragette literature
- Arts, Literature and Society
- women's studies
- Literary or Artistic Works Analysis
- Twentieth century
- Arts and Literature Studies
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