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Why are so many fictional characters named Anna (or a variant), and what does this signify? The startling prevalence of Hannah/Anna/Anne moves from biblical literature (Old Testament Hannah and New Testament St. Anne) to classics (Anna Karenina and Anne Elliot) to popular fiction (Anna Dunlop in Sue Miller's The Good Mother), children's literature (Anne of Green Gables), films (Hannah and Her Sisters), and horror (Annie Wilkes in Stephen King's Misery). Does this represent a conscious or unconscious search for the ultimate or missing mother harking back to mythical and religious traditions? Here twenty-two essayists--literary scholars, writers, historians, classicists, feminist theorists--ri...
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The papers of Anna Kavan (1904-1968), British writer and painter, document in considerable detail her long career. Included in the collection are the autograph and typescript manuscripts for several unpublished novels as well as those for her 18 published novels, novellas and numerous short stories. Also included are diaries, notebooks, photographs, personal memorabilia and correspondence which includes 847 letters and notes to Raymond B. Marriott, 74 letters to George Bullock and 258 letters, notes and drawings from K. T. Bluth to Kavan. There are also an additional 28 autograph letters from Kavan to Rhys Davies, dated 1944 to 1954. Kavan's artwork, predominantly watercolor but including oil, pen and ink, and goache provide considerable insight into her work and her life. As a whole, this collection represents nearly all of the extant material relating to Anna Kavan.