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Through High Windows

By Lilian Sauter

Through High Windows

By Lilian Sauter

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This biographical volume includes Lilian Sauter's only published collection of poetry, Through High Windows, along with letters, photographs, and extensive biographical material, all framed by a scholarly introduction, detailed annotations, and contextual images. Offering a rich and layered portrait of an overlooked woman writer, this edition brings Sauter's literary and political life into focus-situating her voice within the broader contexts of early 20th-century feminism, British literary modernism, and the aftermath of the First World War. Drawing on archival and published sources, the volume explores her marriage to German painter Georg Sauter, her intellectual development, and the emotional toll of war, health struggles, and domestic expectations. Her poetry and prose reflect deep introspection, emotional resilience, and a nuanced understanding of gender and class in a rapidly changing world. Ideal for courses in Women's Studies, Women's Literature, British Literature, and Suffrage and Gender History, this edition also provides material for researchers interested in literary recovery, gender and trauma studies, and early feminist thought. With its combination of primary texts, critical commentary, archival evidence, and visual materials, Through High Windows is both a literary rediscovery and an essential academic resource that honors the legacy of a writer whose contributions to literature and women's rights deserve lasting recognition.
Edited by Jeffrey S. Reznick, Senior Historian at National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health, Maryland, an accomplished researcher and author of War and Peace in the Worlds of Rudolf H. Sauter: A Cultural History of a Creative Life, among other books.
Product details
Number of Pages:
140
Release Date:
2025-07-23
Publication Date:
2025-07-23
Publisher:
Universitas Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
199857900X
ISBN13:
9781998579006
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
462 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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