What a great find and story - I appreciate that one might might read her self-deprecating self-introduction as hardly feminist, but I would point out that many authors (today as well) couch their claims in self-deprecation while wrapping the whole (if they are really good writers) in prose so tight and beautiful and skillfully put that every carefully placed word and turn of phrase is reversing the surface message. When you read it aloud what I heard was a superlative author using convention as a vehicle to display a remarkable talent that, by custom, she was required to deprecate.
Hugeburc: The Earliest English Woman Writer, Who Hid her Identity in a Secret Code
What a great find and story - I appreciate that one might might read her self-deprecating self-introduction as hardly feminist, but I would point out that many authors (today as well) couch their claims in self-deprecation while wrapping the whole (if they are really good writers) in prose so tight and beautiful and skillfully put that every carefully placed word and turn of phrase is reversing the surface message. When you read it aloud what I heard was a superlative author using convention as a vehicle to display a remarkable talent that, by custom, she was required to deprecate.
Well this was timely! I’ve recently been reading a lot about Bletchley Park and the code breakers work there, I found this fascinating. Thank you
Thanks, very interesting Monday morning tale and enjoyable listening