Testament of Experience (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Vera Brittain
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1925-1950
- Setting: England and New York
- Principal Characters: Vera Brittain, G. (George Edward Gordon Catlin), Winifred Holtby
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Memory, Social reform, Tradition, World War II, Manners or customs, Feminism, World War I, Lifestyles, Pacifism
- Locales: New York, England
Form and Content
Testament of Experience, the second volume of Vera Brittain’s autobiography, follows her Testament of Youth (1933) in attempting to trace the history of the generation that came of age in Britain at the time of World War I, through an account of her personal experiences and her responses to public events. The perspective is that of a widely traveled university-educated woman from an upper-middle-class background whose career as a literary journalist married to a political scientist active in the Labour Party enabled her to become acquainted with...
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