Chase Of The Wild Goose: The Story of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonb

Description: Chase Of The Wild Goose by Mary Gordon, Nicola Wilson Late 18th century Ireland. Two women from noble families - Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby - form an intense romantic friendship. They become famous as the Ladies of Llangollen. Chase is the forgotten queer novel of the inter-war period - an amiable companion to Woolfs time-travelling Orlando and antidote to the misery of The Well of Loneliness. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Late 18th century Ireland. Two women from noble families, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, meet and form an intense romantic friendship. Against the will of their families - and overcoming many obstacles - they leave Ireland and settle at Plas Newydd. Here they become famous, as the Ladies of Llangollen. Author Biography Mary Louisa Gordon (1861-1941) lived a pioneering late nineteenth century feminist life.Part of the first generation of doctors to be trained at the London School of Medicine for Women, she became a prison inspector in 1908, the first ever woman to do so.Always sympathetic to feminist causes, her work with women prisoners informed her second book Penal Discipline (1922), which advocated for prison reform.Chase of the Wild Goose (1936) is inspired, in part, by Gordons experience of studying analytical psychology with Carl and Emma Jung. Review "Gordons spirited, romantic account of the lives of the Ladies of Llangollen is a fascinating piece of queer literary history in its own right. A claiming of kinship, across time, with two remarkable women, its a deeply feminist work, a celebration of courage and nonconformity. Its also endearingly odd! Part biography, part novel, part spiritual memoir, its wholly bold and eccentric and Im delighted to see it reprinted"- Sarah Waters; --- "Sharp, witty, and utterly compelling, Mary Gordons story of two women who chose each other, and a life of freedom will conquer every heart. The Ladies of Llangollen are witnesses to womens long struggle against familial oppression and tyranny. They survived, victorious. Their house in Wales became their sanctuary and is now a place of pilgrimage for other sexual insurgents and rebels against a world that threatens our existence. What have the Ladies to say to us now? Refuse to be bullied or coerced. Defend your freedom. Believe in yourselves"- Patricia Duncker, author of Hallucinating Foucault and many other outstanding literary works; --- "The Ladies of Llangollen have become the stuff of legend. Their image began to appear on popular prints, plates, and other souvenirs even during their lifetime. But who were Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, and how can we relate to them? In Chase of the Wild Goose, Mary Gordon, a pioneering physician with a keen interest in psychology, presents a highly original and deeply moving account of the life and home the Ladies built together. The book honours the Ladies as queer feminist ancestors whose unequivocal commitment to freedom and bold defiance of social expectations continues to resonate across the ages. A remarkable example of queer feminist modernist writing, Chase of the Wild Goose playfully undermines readerly expectations and allows us to encounter the Ladies again"- Jana Funke, author of Sexological Modernism: Queer Feminism and Sexual Science and other vital works of literary-historical criticism.; --- "Chase of the Wild Goose is an exquisite reimagining of the life shared between two women, beloved to one another. It is a tale told with such tenderness; that affirms although we may be haunted by queer trauma, but we can also be haunted by queer joy" -Sarah-Joy Ford, artist and creator of Beloved: Crafting Intimacies with the Ladies of Llangollen. Promotional "Gordons spirited, romantic account of the lives of the Ladies of Llangollen is a fascinating piece of queer literary history in its own right. A claiming of kinship, across time, with two remarkable women, its a deeply feminist work, a celebration of courage and nonconformity. Its also endearingly odd! Part biography, part novel, part spiritual memoir, its wholly bold and eccentric and Im delighted to see it reprinted"- Sarah Waters."Sharp, witty, and utterly compelling, Mary Gordons story of two women who chose each other, and a life of freedom will conquer every heart. The Ladies of Llangollen are witnesses to womens long struggle against familial oppression and tyranny. They survived, victorious. Their house in Wales became their sanctuary and is now a place of pilgrimage for other sexual insurgents and rebels against a world that threatens our existence. What have the Ladies to say to us now? Refuse to be bullied or coerced. Defend your freedom. Believe in yourselves"- Patricia Duncker, author of Hallucinating Foucault and many other outstanding literary works."The Ladies of Llangollen have become the stuff of legend. Their image began to appear on popular prints, plates, and other souvenirs even during their lifetime. But who were Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, and how can we relate to them? In Chase of the Wild Goose, Mary Gordon, a pioneering physician with a keen interest in psychology, presents a highly original and deeply moving account of the life and home the Ladies built together. The book honours the Ladies as queer feminist ancestors whose unequivocal commitment to freedom and bold defiance of social expectations continues to resonate across the ages. A remarkable example of queer feminist modernist writing, Chase of the Wild Goose playfully undermines readerly expectations and allows us to encounter the Ladies again"- Jana Funke, author of Sexological Modernism: Queer Feminism and Sexual Science and other vital works of literary-historical criticism."Chase of the Wild Goose is an exquisite reimagining of the life shared between two women, beloved to one another. It is a tale told with such tenderness; that affirms although we may be haunted by queer trauma, but we can also be haunted by queerjoy" -Sarah-Joy Ford, artist and creator of Beloved: Crafting Intimacies with the Ladies of Llangollen. Details ISBN1739744101 Author Nicola Wilson Pages 288 Publisher Lurid Editions Year 2023 ISBN-10 1739744101 ISBN-13 9781739744106 Publication Date 2023-02-01 UK Release Date 2023-02-01 Format Paperback Imprint Lurid Editions Subtitle The Story of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, Known as the Ladies of Llangollen Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-02-01 NZ Release Date 2023-02-01 DEWEY 823.912 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:140664254;

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