The Importance of being Eve Langley by Thwaite, Joy L - 1989

Angus & Robertson, North Ryde, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: black and white plates. There is some spotting of the top in front edges of the text block, no damage otherwise. The dust jacket has faded slightly, on the right-hand edge of the rear panel.This long-awaited and carefully research biography of Eve Langley is an engrossing account of an Australian writer's life dogged constantly by the limitations of conventional ideas and sexual roles. Langley's eventual collapse was due to her despair and obsession with the very notion of gender as well as with the notion of passing time. – Dust jacket blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 514 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: black and white plates. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Women & Feminism. ISBN: 0207153965. ISBN/EAN: 9780207153969. Inventory No: 0269264. . 9780207153969