|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
Dunn, Nell
Dunn, Nell (1936– ), novelist and playwright, whose early works of fiction, Up the Junction (1963) and Poor Cow (1967; filmed, Ken Loach, 1968), showed a sensitive ear for working-class dialogue and an uninhibited approach to female sexuality. Her other works include The Only Child (1978, a tale of the rich) and My Silver Shoes (1996), which takes up the story of Cathy from Poor Cow—now middle-aged and locked into an embattled and intense relationship with her ageing but inexhaustible mother. Dunn's best-known play, Steaming (perf. 1981), is a comedy with an all-female cast set in a Turkish bath, where a disparate group of women learn to combine to tackle the threatened closure of their refuge. Other dramatic works with a darker edge include The Little Heroine (1988) and Sisters (1994).
|
|
|
Cite this article
MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dunn, Nell." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dunn, Nell." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DunnNell.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dunn, Nell." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DunnNell.html |
|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
