An Unsettled Spirit: The Life and Frontier Fiction of Edith Lyttelton Book

A critical biography of the popular 1920s novelist G. B. Lancaster (the pen name of Edith Lyttleton), this book tells the moving story of her life and work. Sturm paints a fascinating picture of the harsh experience of a woman writer in the first half of the 20th century whose economic circumstances shaped much of her output but who struggled nonetheless to move beyond the limits of potboilers toward more serious and original work.

About the Author:
Terry Sturm is a professor of English at the University of Auckland and the editor of The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature. He was the chairman of the New Zealand Literary Fund Advisory Committee and later the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council's Literature committee.