The Unpredictable Adventure: A Comedy of Woman's Independence
| Title | The Unpredictable Adventure: A Comedy of Woman's Independence |
| Year for Search | 1935 |
| Authors | Spotswood, Claire Myers [Wanders](1896-1983) |
| Tertiary Authors | Owen, Claire Myers Spotswood |
| Date Published | 1935 |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Co |
| Place Published | Garden City, NY |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | Feminist eutopia using the allegorical form following the protagonist from Smug Harbor in the Land of Err where only Helfish (Half-truths) is spoken to Nithking (Thinking) where Reasonese is spoken. Explores questions of sexuality, marriage, divorce, and the position of women in society. Includes a section on an attempt to establish an egalitarian, simple life community called New Chimera that satirizes such attempts. Female author. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. as by Claire Myers Spotswood Owens. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1993, with an “Afterword” (459-96), “Glossary” (497-508), and “Works Cited” (509-11) by Miriam Kalman Harris . |
| Holding Institutions | DLC, PSt |
| Author Note | Female author (1896-1983). |
| Full Text | 1935 Spotswood, Clair Myers [Wanders] (1896-1983). The Unpredictable Adventure: A Comedy of Woman’s Independence. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co. Rpt. as by Claire Myers Spotswood Owens. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1993, with an “Afterword,” “Glossary,” and “Works Cited” by Miriam Kalman Harris (457-511). DLC, PSt Feminist eutopia using the allegorical form following the protagonist from Smug Harbor in the Land of Err where only Helfish (Half-truths) is spoken to Nithking (Thinking) where Reasonese is spoken. Explores questions of sexuality, marriage, divorce, and the position of women in society. Includes a section on an attempt to establish an egalitarian, simple life community called New Chimera that satirizes such attempts. Female author. |
