Verbena Daphne Brighton (B. 1915): Life writing, class & identity
As Brighton explains in her memoir, she has a fascination with dress. In the featured picture of her and two of her …
Louie Emmeline Ould (C.1907-1991): Life writing, class and identity
In relation to Louie Emmeline Ould’s memoir and Reginia Gagnier, who argued that working class autobiographies didn’t fit the classic model …
MOLLY KEEN (B.1903): LIFE WRITING, CLASS & IDENTITY
Exploring Molly Keen’s narrative in terms of the six types of working class autobiographies as described by Regenia Gagnier, Molly, unlike the …
Leonard Ellisdon (1885-1968): Life Writing, Class & Identity
In Regenia Gagnier’s work there are six different types of working class autobiographies, it is hard to place Ellisdon under any. However …
Kathleen Hilton-Foord (1903-1998): Life Writing, Class & Identity
Kathleen Hilton-Foord writes about her childhood in retrospect, from an age old enough to have mothered three children (‘Epilogue’, Grannie’s Girl). Although …
Katherine Henderson (B.1908): Life Writing, Class and Identity
Regenia Gagnier identifies six types of working-class autobiography. Katherine Henderson’s memoir does not fit directly into one of the six categories, although …
James H. McKenzie (1862-1952): Life Writing, Class & Identity
Life Writing, Class and Identity According to Regeina Gagnier, there are six types of narrative working-class autobiographies: the gallows narrative, the commemorative …
E.Robinson (b.1894): Life Writing, Class & Identity
By looking at Regenia Gagnier’s ideas on the different types of working class autobiographies, E.Robinson’s work can be categorised. Robinson’s life writing …
Norah Brain (1907-1987):Life Writing, Class & Identity
The memoir of Norah Brain does not solely apply to one classic model of working-class autobiography that Regenia Gagnier identifies. For Norah …
Margaret Perry (b.1922): Life Writing, Class & Identity
Regenia Gagnier outlined that the working class memoir can incorporate six different types of narrative form. Various narrative forms come to play …