Cotter's England
This strange and fascinating novel is the first of Christina Stead's works to be set wholly in England, the England of the post-war working class, explored through the lives of one particular family, the Cotters, and their friends and acquaintances in the East End of London, in Newcastle and in Durham. Through the lives of the sisters Nellie Cook and Peggy Cotter and their brother Tom, Christina Stead presents a picture of blighted aspiration and hope deferred, and of betrayal within the workin…
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- Full title :Cotter's England / Christina Stead ; introduction by Margaret Walters.
Summary
This strange and fascinating novel is the first of Christina Stead's works to be set wholly in England, the England of the post-war working class, explored through the lives of one particular family, the Cotters, and their friends and acquaintances in the East End of London, in Newcastle and in Durham. Through the lives of the sisters Nellie Cook and Peggy Cotter and their brother Tom, Christina Stead presents a picture of blighted aspiration and hope deferred, and of betrayal within the working class movement through the confusion and opportunism of many of its trade union and Labour Party leaders. Cotters' England is also a novel about the variety of human sexuality - heterosexual love within and outside marriage, lesbian love, incestuous love.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1980.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Virago
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1980.
Notes
Fiction in English, 1900-. Texts (BNB/PRECIS).
Originally published: London : Secker and Warburg, 1967.
The Physical Object
- Description:[5], 352 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0860681289, 9780860681281
- oclc:ocn153647378
- LC Classification:PR9619.3
- Dewey Decimal:A823.2
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