Summer Will Show
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Summer Will Show is a 1936 historical novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that follows an Englishwoman drawn into revolutionary politics and an intense same-sex relationship during the 1848 Paris uprisings.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Sylvia Townsend Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresRomanticRelationship | same-sex relationship ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT literature
ⓘ
feminist literature ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ lesbian fiction ⓘ political fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | praised for political and sexual frankness ⓘ |
| hasLGBTContent | yes ⓘ |
| hasReissue | yes ⓘ |
| hasSettingEvent | Paris uprising of 1848 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
French Revolution of 1848
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
aristocracy ⓘ radical politics ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social upheaval ⓘ women’s emancipation ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sophia Willoughby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early depiction of lesbian relationship in historical fiction
ⓘ
portrayal of 1848 Paris revolution from a woman’s perspective ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Sylvia Townsend Warner novels ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reissuedBy | Virago Modern Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Revolutions of 1848 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1848 ⓘ |
| theme |
class consciousness
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exile and displacement ⓘ gender roles ⓘ lesbian relationship ⓘ marriage and infidelity ⓘ political awakening ⓘ revolutionary politics ⓘ same-sex desire ⓘ |
| timeToWrite | 1930s ⓘ |
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