Storm Jameson, Company Parade (Mirror of Darkness part I)

Ashlie Sponenberg (University of Massachusetts, Lowell)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1934

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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In her novel trilogy,

Mirror in Darkness

, Storm Jameson re-introduces Hervey Russell, the semi-autobiographical character whom Jameson claimed “is and is not me”, and whose fictional family first appeared in the earlier

Triumph of Time

trilogy. Although written in the 1930s, the

Mirror in Darkness

novels (

Company Parade

Love in Winter

and

None Turn Back

) depict the developments of Hervey's private life, literary career, and awakening political consciousness against the complex political backdrop of 1920s London. Recent feminist criticism of the interwar period has revived interest in these neglected texts, which were well-received in their day and are now appreciated as examples of Jameson's insightful Leftist, pacifist, and anti-Fascist perspective. In their conflation of 1920s…

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Citation: Sponenberg, Ashlie. "Company Parade (Mirror of Darkness part I)". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 June 2003 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=9395, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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