The "Woman Question" in Pre-War Britain

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This essay explores the manifestation of modernity with reference to the women's movement in the first decade of the twentieth century as represented in the fiction and criticism of leading British Modernist Ford Maddox Ford. The paper begins with a brief discussion of the relationship between the early women's rights movement and modernity, and follows on with a review of Ford's career to highlight his central role in Modernism. This essay mainly focuses upon Ford s representation of the 'Woman Question' and in particular the suffragette movement in his critical and fictional work.

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"Ford Madox Ford, Modernism, and the "Woman Question" in Pre-War Britain Introduction This essay will explore the manifestation of "modernity" with reference to the women's movement in the first decade of the twentieth century, as represented in the fiction and criticism of leading British Modernist Ford Madox Ford. Beginning with a brief discussion of the relationship between the early women's rights movement and modernity followed by a review of Ford's career to highlight his central role in Modernism, the bulk of this essay will focus upon Ford's representation of the "Woman Question" and, in particular, the suffragette movement in his critical and fictional work. "

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