Montefiore, Janet 1948-

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MONTEFIORE, Janet 1948-

(Jan Montefiore)

PERSONAL: Born November 14, 1948, in Cambridge, England; daughter of Hugh (a bishop) and Elisabeth (a homemaker; maiden name, Paton) Montefiore; married Patrick Cockburn (a journalist), October 7, 1981; children: Henry, Alexander. Education: Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, B.A., 1970, D.Phil., 1972. Religion: "Agnostic."

ADDRESSES: Home—36 Saint Dunstan's St., Canterbury, Kent CT2 8BZ, England. Office—School of English, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NS, England.

CAREER: University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, England, member of faculty at School of English.

WRITINGS:

(Under name Jan Montefiore) Feminism and Poetry: Language, Experience, Identity in Women's Writing, Pandora (New York, NY), 1987.

Men and Women Writers of the 1930s: The Dangerous Flood of History, Routledge (New York, NY), 1996.

Arguments of Heart and Mind: Selected Essays, 1977–2000, Manchester University Press (New York, NY), 2002.

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