Penelope Fitzgerald's Human Voices
Voice, Truth and Human Fortitude
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5726627 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher J Knight (0000-0002-7522-4127, University of Montana), Chris Knight (0000-0001-8432-0658, University of Montana, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-57 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Textual Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-236X • E-ISSN: 1470-1308 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0950236x.2016.1237635 |
| OpenAlex | W2548074423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The essay examines the English novelist Penelope Fitzgerald’s 1980 novel Human Voices, itself focused upon the BBC in the first years of the Second World War. The novel makes certain claims regarding the BBC and truth-telling, during this period; and the essay examines these claims as well as attending to Fitzgerald’s sensitive representation of character. This representation is particularly mindful not only of the stresses placed upon character in wartime but also of the way in which the organisation, like others of its kind, found itself, almost despite itself, broadening its welcome not only to women but also to those whose class origins might once have been held against them
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American and British Literature Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |