SECONDARY SOURCES
Thanks to Penelope Fritzer for providing her very helpful list of Secondary Sources.
(Includes material on general aspects of relevant social history)
- Adam, Ruth. A Woman’s Place: 1910-1975. London: Persephone Books, 2002.
- Amos, William. The Originals: Who’s Really Who in Fiction. London: Cape, 1985. (Also published as The Originals: A-Z of Fiction’s Real-life Characters. Boston: Little Brown, 1985.)
- Armstrong, Nancy. Desire and Domestic Fiction: A Political History of the Novel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.
- Balakian, Nina. “Talk With Angela Thirkell.” Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 10 (1990): 15-16.
- Barry, Iris. Review of Private Enterprise, by Angela Thirkell. New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review, Jan. 18, 1948: 3.
- Basso, Hamilton. Review of Miss Bunting, by Angela Thirkell. The New Yorker 22 (Mar. 2, 1946): 84.
- Becker. M. L. Review of Northbridge Rectory, by Angela Thirkell. Books, Jan. 4, 1942: 3.
- Bell, Hazel. “In Other’s Words, on the Use of Quotes in Angela Thirkell.” Journal of Scholarly Publishing 34, no. 4 (July 2003).
- Bell, Hazel K. “Self-Portrait of the Writer as an Ideal Mother: Laura Morland as Angela Thirkell.” Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 13 (1993): 23-26. http://www.aidanbell.com/pdfs/selfport.pdf
- Bell, Hazel K. “A Tale Told by an Index: Collating the Writings of Angela Thirkell.” http://www.aidanbell.com/pdfs/taletold.pdf.
- Bell, Hazel K. “Coronation Summer and After: Angela Thirkell’s ‘Extra Books.’” http://www.aidanbell.com/pdfs/csummer.pdf.
- Bell, Hazel K. “I Name This Child . . .” http://www.aidanbell.com/pdfs/namech.pdf.
- Bell, Hazel K. “Book Reviews and Thirkell Criticism.” http://www.aidanbell.com/pdfs/crit.pdf.
- Bell, Hazel K.” Two English Lady Novelists: The ATS and the BPS.” http://www.aidanbell.com/pdfs/atsbps.pdf.
- Blake, Robert. The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970.
- Britten, F. H. Review of Wild Strawberries, by Angela Thirkell. Books, Aug. 26, 1934: 2.
- Brittain, Vera. England’s Hour. Pleasantville, NY: The Akadine Press, 2002 [orig. 1941].
- Brooks, Anne. Review of County Chronicle, by Angela Thirkell. New York Herald Tribune Book Review, Oct. 22, 1950: 8.
- Brooks, Anne. Review of Happy Return, by Angela Thirkell. New York Herald Tribune Book Review, Sept. 21,1952: 8.
- Bullock, F. H. Review of The Headmistress, by Angela Thirkell. Book Week, Jan. 21, 1945: 3.
- Burrell, Barbara. Angela Thirkell’s World: A Guide to the People and Places of Barsetshire. Wakefield, RI: Moyer Bell, 2001.
- Calder, Angus. The Myth of the Blitz. London: Pimlico, 1991.
- Carruthers, Olive. Review of Enter Sir Robert, by Angela Thirkell. Chicago Sunday Tribune, Oct. 16, 1955: 3.
- Chapman, H. W. Review of Private Enterprise, by Angela Thirkell. The Spectator 179 (Dec. 5, 1947): 722.
- Cheerfulness Breaks In. Review of, by Angela Thirkell. Catholic World 153 (May 1941): 252.
- Cheerfulness Breaks In. Review of, by Angela Thirkell. The Times (London) Literary Supplement, Oct. 5, 1940: 505.
- Clare, Hilary. “Angela Thirkell and Anthony Trollope.” Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 14 (1994): 14-18.
- Collins, Laura Roberts. English Country Life in the Barsetshire Novels of Angela Thirkell. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
- Commire, Anne, ed. “Thirkell, Angela (1890-1961).” Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 15. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications, 2002, 383-384.
- Cox, Geoffrey. “Barsetshire, a Sense of Place.” Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 24 (2004).
- Crosland, Margaret. Beyond the Lighthouse: English Women Novelist in the Twentieth Century. New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1981.
- Dangerfield, George. Review of Love Among the Ruins, by Angela Thirkell. Saturday Review of Literature 32 (Jan. 15, 1949: 18.
- The Duke’s Daughter. Review of, by Angela Thirkell. The Times (London) Literary Supplement, Sept. 28, 1951: 617.
- Ellis, Andrew. “Hermione Rivers and Ann Bridge.” Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 14 (1994): 30-31.
- Fadiman, Clifton. Review of The Brandons, by Angela Thirkell. The New Yorker 15 (July 1, 1939): 66.
- Fausset, H. I’A. Review of Peace Breaks Out, by Angela Thirkell. Manchester Guardian, Feb. 14, 1947: 3.
- Feld, Rose. Review of The Brandons, by Angela Thirkell. Books, June 4, 1939: 4.
- Feld, Rose. Review of Before Lunch, by Angela Thirkell. Books, June 2, 1940: 3.
- Field, L. M. Review of The Brandons, by Angela Thirkell. New York Times, June 25, 1939: 6.
- Field. L. M. Review of Northbridge Rectory, by Angela Thirkell. New York Times, Jan. 11, 1942: 6.
- Forbes-Boyd, Eric. Review of Before Lunch, by Angela Thirkell. Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 3, 1940: 11.
- Fritzer, Penelope. Aesthetics and Nostalgia in the Barsetshire Novels of Angela Thirkell. San Diego: Angela Thirkell Society North America, 2010.
- Fritzer, Penelope. Character and Concept in the Barsetshire Novels of Angela Thirkell. San Diego: Angela Thirkell Society North America, 2005.
- Fritzer, Penelope. Ethnicity and Gender in the Barsetshire Novels of Angela Thirkell. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999.
- Gill, Richard. Happy Rural Seat: The English Country House and the Literary Imagination. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1972.
- Greene, Graham. Review of Wild Strawberries, by Angela Thirkell. Spectator 152 (June 29, 1934): 1011.
- Growing Up, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. Kirkus Review 12 (Feb. 1, 1944): 46.
- Hay, Sandra H. Review of The Headmistress. Saturday Review of Literature, Feb. 17, 1945: 28.
- The Headmistress, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. The Times (London) Literary Supplement, Dec. 23, 1944: 617.
- The Headmistress, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 5, 1945: 14.
- Humble, Nicola. The Feminine Middlebrow Novel 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, Bohemianism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Inchfawn, Fay. Salute to the Village. London: Lutterworth Press, 1944.
- Jacobucci, Amalia Angeloni. “Angela Thirkell Book Summaries.” http://www.angelathirkellsociety.org/atbrief.htm. 11/12/2004.
- Jenkin, Elizabeth. Review of The Duke’s Daughter, by Angela Thirkell. Manchester Guardian, Sept. 28, 1951: 4.
- Jeude, Edith. Angela Thirkell and Charles Dickens: An Overview of Angela Thirkell’s Use of Quotations from and References to Charles Dickens in Her Barsetshire Novels. Angela Thirkell Society, North American Branch. St. Louis, Missouri (undated).
- Jutland Cottage, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. The Times (London) Literary Supplement, Sept. 11, 1953: 577.
- Knewstub, Robina. “Happy Marriages.” Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 16 (1996): 7-8.
- Kynaston, David. Austerity Britain, 1945-1951. London: Bloomsbury, 2008.
- Langstaff, Eleanor. “Angela Margaret Thirkell,” in An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers, ed. by Paul Schlueter and Jane Schlueter. Hamden, CT: Garland Publishing, 1988: 445-46.
- Lee, Hermione. “Good Show: Why Do So Many Readers Seek Refuge in Angela Thirkell’s Little England?” The New Yorker, Oct. 7, 1996: 90-95.
- Lerman, Leo. Review of Marling Hall, by Angela Thirkell. Saturday Review of Literature 25 (Oct. 31, 1942): 16.
- Levin, Jill. The “Land of Lost Content”: Sex, Art, and Class in the Novels of Angela Thirkell, 1933-1960. Thesis. Washington University, 1986.
- Lindley, Frances. Review of What Did it Mean? by Angela Thirkell. New York Herald Tribune, Oct. 31, 1934: 14.
- Love Among the Ruins, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. The Times (London) Literary Supplement, Oct. 2, 1948: 553.
- Macdonald, Kate. “Angela Thirkell and John Buchan.” Webpage copyright @ The John Buchan Society 2004. http://www.johnbuchansociety.co.uk/thirkell.htm. 12/23/04.
- Mallet, Isabelle. Review of The Headmistress, by Angela Thirkell. The New York Times. Jan. 14, 1945: 5.
- Marling Hall, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. The Times (London) Literary Supplement, Sept. 12, 1942: 449.
- Mather, Rachel R. The Heirs of Jane Austen: Twentieth Century Writers and the Comedy of Manners. New York: Peter Lang, 1996.
- Mackay, Robert. The Test of War: Inside Britain 1939-1945. New York: Routledge, 1999.
- McFarlan, D. M. Delicious Prose: A Study of the Barsetshire Novels of Angela Thirkell (self-published) 1986, rpt. 1997.
- McGinley, Phyllis. Review of The Old Bank House by Angela Thirkell. New York Times, Aug. 7, 1949: 4.
- Miss Bunting, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. The Times (London) Literary Supplement, Dec. 22, 1945: 605.
- Moreton, Jennifer. “The Practised Ease of the Universal Woman.” Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 12 (1992): 22-24.
- Morley. Blythe. Review of The Old Bank House, by Angela Thirkell. New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review, Aug. 7, 1949: 5.
- Nesbitt, Jennifer Poulos. Narrative Settlements: Geographies of British Women’s Fiction Between the Wars. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005.
- Northbridge Rectory, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. The New Yorker 17 (Jan. 10, 1942): 59.
- “A Novelist of the English Scene.” Obituary in The Times (London) January 30, 1961: 12. Rpt. in Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 1 (1981): 6-7.
- “The Novels of Angela Thirkell.” Book and Magazine Collector 32 (November 1986): 24-31.
- The Old Bank House, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. Kirkus Review 17 (July 1, 1948): 331.
- The Old Bank House, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. The New Yorker 26 (Aug. 20, 1949): 66.
- Pate, Johnny. Dictionary of Angela Thirkell’s Barsetshire Novels. Kearney, NE: Angela Thirkell Society, 2000.
- Peel, Doris. Review of The Old Bank House, by Angela Thirkell. Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 25, 1949: 11.
- Perkins, V. C. Review of Before Lunch, by Angela Thirkell. Commonweal 32 (June 14, 1940): 172.
- Playfair, Joyce. A House in the Country. London: Persephone Books, 2003. [orig. 1944].
- Prescott. Orville. Review of The Headmistress, by Angela Thirkell. New York Times 15 (Jan. 22, 1945): 2.
- Private Enterprise, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. The Times (London) Literary Supplement, Nov. 22, 1947: 601.
- Purves, Libby. “Introduction” to The Brandons. London: Hogarth Press, 1988. Rpt. in Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 16 (1996): 34-36.
- Redman, B. R. Review of Private Enterprise, by Angela Thirkell. Saturday Review of Literature 31 (Feb. 7, 1948): 10.
- Redman, Elizabeth. “Growing Older.” Bulletin of the Angela Thirkell Society (North American Branch) 37 (Summer 1997): 8-10.
- Riggs, Dorothy. “Christmas in Barsetshire.” Bulletin of the Angela Thirkell Society 21 (December 1992): 5-12.
- Self, Jane E. “Foreigners in Barsetshire.” Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 16 (1996): 22-27.
- Sherman, Beatrice. Review of Private Enterprise, by Angela Thirkell. New York Times, Jan. 25, 1948: 10.
- Snowden, Cynthia. Going to Barsetshire. Kearney, Nebraska: Morris Publishing, 2000.
- Southron, J. S. Review of Cheerfulness Breaks In, by Angela Thirkell. New York Times, 2 March 2, 1941: 7.
- Stone, Carol C. “Angela Thirkell and the ‘University Woman.’” Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 17 (1997): 9-13.
- Strickland, Margot. Angela Thirkell, Portrait of a Lady Novelist. Kearney, Nebraska: Angela Thirkell Society of North America and Morris Publishing, 1996 (orig. 1977).
- Strong, L. A. G. Review of Happy Return, by Angela Thirkell. Spectator 189 (Aug. 22, 1952): 250.
- Summer Half, Review of, by Angela Thirkell. Catholic World 147 (Sept. 1938): 762.
- Taylor, N. E. Review of Never Too Late, by Angela Thirkell. Christian Science Monitor. Sept. 20, 1956: 11.
- Thirkell, Angela. “The Advance of Science” quoted in The Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society 11: 8.
- Thirkell, Lance. Baby, Mother, and Grandmother. Privately published, 1982. Listed at http://www.angelathirkellsociety.org/atbooks.htm. 12/20/ 2004.
- Thirkell, Lance. Melbourne and London: A Childhood Memoir. London: Angela Thirkell Society, 2000.
- Toynbee, Philip. Review of Marling Hall, by Angela Thirkell. New Statesman & Nation 24 (Oct. 31, 1942): 293.
- Walbridge, E. F. Review of Close Quarters, by Angela Thirkell. Library Journal 83 (Sept. 1, 1958) :2323.
- Walbridge, E. F. Review of Enter Sir Robert, by Angela Thirkell. Library Journal 80 (Oct. 15, 1955): 2238.
- Walbridge, E. F. Review of Jutland Cottage, by Angela Thirkell. Library Journal 78 (Sept. 15, 1953): 1532.
- Walcott, John. Review of The Brandons, by Angela Thirkell. Atlantic, August 1939: 2.
- Wright, Cuthbert. Review of Marling Hall, by Angela Thirkell Commonweal 37 (Oct. 23, 1942): 19.