Clemence Dane and Good Housekeeping: Modernity and Common Reading

Clemence Dane and Good Housekeeping: Modernity and Common Reading examines Dane’s tenure as a literary critic for Good Housekeeping between 1923 and 1933, firmly locating it within a vibrant interwar periodical culture. By expressing confidence in a shared literary heritage, modelling enjoyment of a wide variety of literature and linking women’s reading habits to the revitalisation of national literary culture, Dane’s serial essays implicitly challenged academic and modernist approaches to ...