The Unpredictable Adventure: A Comedy of Woman's Independence

TitleThe Unpredictable Adventure: A Comedy of Woman's Independence
Year for Search1935
AuthorsSpotswood, Claire Myers [Wanders](1896-1983)
Tertiary AuthorsOwen, Claire Myers Spotswood
Date Published1935
PublisherDoubleday, Doran & Co
Place PublishedGarden City, NY
KeywordsFemale 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.