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| Name: |
Radclyffe Hall | | Variant Name: |
Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall | | Birth Date: |
August 12, 1880 | | Death Date: |
October 6, 1943 | | Place of Birth: |
Christchurch, England | | Place of Death: |
London, England | | Nationality: |
British | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of Radclyffe Hall
1,158 words, approx. 4 pages
 Radclyffe Hall (1880-1943) is best known as the author of the controversial lesbian novel, The Well of Loneliness. Court cases led to the book being banned in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The American verdict was overturned on appeal,... summary from source:
 Biography of (Marguerite) Radclyffe Hall
3,581 words, approx. 12 pages
 The literary contribution of Radclyffe Hall is often overshadowed by the notoriety of the obscenity trial of her The Well of Loneliness (1928), the first openly lesbian novel in English. In fact, however, before the appearance of that work she was the... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Radclyffe Hall Information
1,575 words, approx. 5 pages
Radclyffe Hall (August 12, 1880 - October 7, 1943) (born Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall), was a British poet and author of eight novels, including the lesbian novel The Well of...
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 The Boston Globe The brave, unyielding, difficult Radclyffe Hall
07/02/1999: 851 words, approx. 3 pages THE TRIALS OF RADCLYFFE HALL By Diana Souhami Doubleday, 458 pp., illustrated, $27.95 Radclyffe Hall had ambitious plans for "The Well of Loneliness," her grim saga about a woman who loves other women. Used to the power and control conferred by independent wealth,... summary from source:
The Women's Review of Books Noel Coward and Radclyffe Hall: Kindred Spirits.
05/01/1997: 2,490 words, approx. 8 pages There have been plenty of lesbians in history. Radclyffe Hall, however, is a hallmark. She has achieved this status in two ways. The first is, of course, her work. In 1928 she published The Well of Loneliness. She gutsily endured the trial for... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Roiphe Escapes From Herself, Delves Into Edwardian Marriages
6/26/2007: 772 words, approx. 3 pagesUNCOMMON ARRANGEMENTS: SEVEN PORTRAITS OF MARRIED LIFE IN LONDON LITERARY CIRCLES, 1910–1939By Katie Roiphe The Dial Press, $26, 344 pages Within a certain social circle—O.K., mine—mention of the name Katie Roiphe inspires exasperated eye rolls, forehead slaps, even hisses. Ms. Roiphe is the author,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Adam Parkes
10,934 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following essay, Parkes compares the treatment of lesbian themes in The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall, which was declared obscene by the British courts, and Orlando by Virginia Woolf, which was not.
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