Background
Allen, Orphia Jane was born on September 14, 1937 in La Mesa, New Mexico, United States. Daughter of Clifford Lee and Rachel Emma (Corpening) Allen.
(Barbara Pym (1913-1980) wrote more than a dozen novels th...)
Barbara Pym (1913-1980) wrote more than a dozen novels that reflect the life and manners of mid-twentieth-century Britain. Pym's subtle wit and irony infuse the common round of English drawing room comedy with an energy that validates the seeming trivia of women's lives. Barbara Pym: Writing a Life is about Pym and her novels and about the critical response to her work. Part 1 introduces all of Pym's novels, as well as fragments collected posthumously, in the order in which they were written, relating some of the events in her life-including the public reception of her work-to her themes in the novels. Part 2 is a study of the ten novels that Pym herself prepared for publication. It focuses on some of the autobiographical elements in the novels that Pym herself prepared for publication. It focuses on some of the autobiographical elements in the novels that derive from Pym's concerns about romantic love, the Church, and literature, and discusses some of the techniques Pym used in transmuting these concerns into fiction. Part 3 is a bibliographic essay that summarizes the critical issues that have come to bear on her work. Part 4 is a comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Barbara Pym: Writing a Life is designed to encourage the teaching of Pym's novels and to assist scholars in the critical study of the novels and of Pym's contribution to English literature.
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Allen, Orphia Jane was born on September 14, 1937 in La Mesa, New Mexico, United States. Daughter of Clifford Lee and Rachel Emma (Corpening) Allen.
Bachelor in English, New Mexico State University, 1972. Bachelor in Philosophy, New Mexico State University, 1974. Master of Arts in English, New Mexico State University, 1974.
Doctor of Philosophy in English, University Oklahoma, 1979.
Associate Professor of English, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, since 1976.
(Barbara Pym (1913-1980) wrote more than a dozen novels th...)
Married William Pierce Mooney, May 26, 1954 (divorced September 1963). Children: Martin Pierce Mooney, James Patrick Mooney. Married Joseph Henry Forsyth.