Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Angela Brazil

Angela Brazil (1868-1947)

Angela Brazil (pronounced "brazzle") (30 November 1868 13 March 1947) was one of the first British writers of "modern schoolgirls' stories", written from the characters' point of view and intended primarily as entertainment rather than moral instruction. In the first half of the twentieth century she published nearly 50 books of girls' fiction, the vast majority being boarding school stories. She also published numerous short stories in magazines. Her books were commercially successful, were widely read by tween girls, and influential upon their readers. While interest in girls school stories waned after World War II, her books remained popular until the 1960s. They were seen as disruptive and a negative influence on moral standards by some figures in authority during the height of their popularity, and in some cases were banned by headmistresses in British girls' schools. While her stories have been much imitated in more recent decades, and many of her motifs and plot elements have since become clichs or the subject of parody, they were innovative when they first appeared. Brazil made a major contribution to changing the nature of fiction for girls. She presented a young female point of view which was active, aware of current issues and independently minded; she recognised adolescence as a time of transition, and accepted girls as having common interests and concerns which could be shared and acted upon.



[A Fourth Form Friendship | A Harum Scarum Schoolgirl | A Pair Of Schoolgirls | A Patriotic Schoolgirl | A Popular Schoolgirl | Bosom Friends | For The Sake Of The School | Loyal To The School | Monitress Merle | The Fortunes Of Philippa | The Head Girl At The Gables | The Jolliest School Of All | The Jolliest Term On Record | The Leader Of The Lower School | The Luckiest Girl In The School | The Madcap Of The School | The Manor House School | The New Girl At St Chad | The Nicest Girl In The School | The Princess Of The School | The School By The Sea | The Youngest Girl In The Fifth]


Tags: hugh clifford  catherine crowe  waldemar bonsels  herman melville  frances fuller victor  edward sell  caroline clive  carrie shuman  j t mcpherson  william hamby  

No comments:

Post a Comment