Worsted, Weave, and Web: The Cultural Struggles of the Fictional Knitting-Woman

In comparison with needlework, knitting has always been regarded as a rather humble domestic art, and consequently less critical attention has been paid to its representation in fictional literature. In this article, Mrs Brown, the knitting protagonist of A. S. Byatt’s short story, “Art Work” (1994)...

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Main Author: Kathy REES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2018-12-01
Series:E-REA
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/erea/6845