Summary
From the rear cover
Mary Renault wrote with such authority about Ancient Greece and of love between men that many readers believed that the author of such well-known works as The Charioteer, The King Must Die, The Persian Boy, and The Last of the Wine must be male. In fact, Mary Renault was the pseudonym of an intensely private woman - a revolutionary in sexual matters who throughout her life preferred the company of gay men. Born Mary Challans outside London, Renault discovered scholarship at Oxford in the early days of admission to women. She eventually abandoned the academic world to attend nursing school where she met her lifelong companion, Julie Mullard. Writing became Renault's avocation, and when, in 1947, she won a large literary award, the two women embarked for South Africa. There Renault, a passionate believer in Greek ideals of democracy and justice, spoke out against apartheid, but she grew disillusioned with radical politics and eventually withdrew into her own world. Based on rare interviews with Renault and full access to her correspondence, this is a brilliantly textured picture of Renault that offers a revealing analysis of the author and her novels.
Details
- Title Mary Renault: A Biography
- Author David Sweetman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First American E
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date 1994-07-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780156000604 / 0156000601
- Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
- Dimensions 8.94 x 5.98 x 0.87 in (22.71 x 15.19 x 2.21 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Sex & Gender: Lesbian
- Library of Congress subjects Novelists, English - 20th century, Lesbians - Great Britain - Biography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94010347
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 06/06/1994, Page 0
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