Dorothy Richardson was a 20th century British writer who often worked in "stream of consciousness". After she finished school she worked as a teacher, writer and held some clerical positions Her major work was called Pilgrimage. It was a series of books or as she preferred to call them chapters published under separate titles. This included: Pointed Roofs, 1915; Backwater, 1916; Honeycomb, 1917; The Tunnel, 1919; Interim, 1919; Deadlock, 1921; Revolving Lights, 1923; The Trap, 1925; Oberland, 1927; Dawn's Left Hand, 1931; Clear Horizon, 1935; the last part, Dimple Hill, appeared under the collective title, four volumes, 1938). The heroine in Pilgrimage is Miriam Henderson who was an attractive mystical woman. The novel's new look at portraying feminine consciousness gives Richardson's work significant status in the 20th century.
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Dorothy Richardson fue una pionera de la prosa modernista, célebre por su uso revolucionario de la corriente de conciencia. Su obra de toda la vida, un extenso ciclo de novelas, profundiza en las complejidades de la experiencia femenina y las vidas interiores de sus personajes con una profundidad sin precedentes. Richardson se centró en capturar los sutiles matices del pensamiento y el sentimiento, ampliando los límites de la narrativa tradicional. Su estilo, influenciado por la cultura bohemia y las corrientes filosóficas de su época, aportó un nuevo nivel de realismo psicológico a la literatura inglesa.





The first of a four-volume work by Dorothy Richardson, this novel records the life of Miriam Henderson. Through her experience - personal, spiritual, intellectual - the author explores what it means to be a woman.
Backwater
- 308 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
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