Rosamond Lehmann

British novelist Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) became notorious with the publication of her first book, Dusty Answer, in 1927, which described intimate romantic experiences with an emotional honesty unheard of in the writing of that time period. This study looks at her six major novels in the context of the sociopolitical and literary upheavals of the inter-war era, drawing on Lehmann's private papers and letters. Simons (English, De Montfort U.) aims to restore Lehmann to her position as a key figure in British intellectual and literary circles in the mid-20th century. The book is distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Judy Simons is Emeritus Professor of English at De Montfort University, where she was Pro Vice Chancellor. She was previously Professor of English at Sheffield Hallam University and has held visiting posts at the Queen's University, Belfast, and the University of Warwick. She has written widely on women writers and on genres as varied as children's literature and life-writing. Her books include: Literature in Context, as co-editor, (2001) and A Woman's Business: Women, Writing and the Marketplace (1998), and, as author, Mansfield Park and Persuasion: A Casebook (1997), Diaries and Journals of Literary Women (1990), and Fanny Burney (1988).