Winifred Holtby, South Riding

Lisa Regan (University of Gloucestershire)

Ed. by Peter Childs, Newman University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Newman University), Louise McDonald (Newman University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1936

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

South Riding is set during the early 1930s in a fictional region of North East England closely based on the East Riding of Yorkshire where the author Winifred Holtby grew up. The wolds and coastline of her birthplace were a constant source of inspiration for Holtby from her very first published novel, Anderby Wold (1923), to this, her final novel, published in 1936. And it is perhaps on the strength of its portrayal of this rural Yorkshire community that South Riding has survived as a classic of the British interwar period. The Royal Society of Literature’s decision to establish The Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize for best regional novel in 1967 certainly made the novel a touchstone for British regional writing. …

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Citation: Regan, Lisa. "South Riding". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 August 2012 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1925, accessed 20 April 2024.]

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