Mary Butts, Death of Felicity Taverner

Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Ed. by Andrew Radford, University of Glasgow
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 (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1932

Places

England (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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Mary Butts’ third novel,

Death of Felicity Taverner –

the unofficial “sequel” to the more technically innovative

Armed with Madness

(1928)

–

was released by Wishart & Co in 1932 (see Blondel, 1997). In a

Bookman

review of

Felicity Taverner

that same year, the journalist Wynyard Browne described the author’s distinctive conceptual and stylistic design:

[Mary Butts] makes a demand upon the reader. It affects him. And though it can easily be read, it cannot easily be understood. […] Death of Felicity Taverner arises directly out of the contemporary situation. The conflict in it corresponds with the conflict in the modern world. (Browne, “A Great Novel”, 1932, p. 306)

[Mary Butts] makes a demand upon the reader. It affects him. And though it can easily be read, it cannot…

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Citation: Radford, Andrew. "Death of Felicity Taverner". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 March 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=39189, accessed 28 April 2024.]

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