Susan Wyndham "Elizabeth Harrower: The Woman in the Watch Tower"
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Susan Wyndham "Elizabeth Harrower: The Woman in the Watch Tower"
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In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Susan Wyndham chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Elizabeth Harrower: The Woman in the Watch Tower.
Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode:
- Why Susan Wyndham opened the biography with Elizabeth Harrower’s late-life renaissance.
- The meaning of the title: ‘The Woman in the Watchtower.’
- Details of Susan’s exhaustive archival research.
- How studying Trove, divorce papers and criminal records enabled Susan to fill gaps in the historical record.
- How cross-referencing Harrower’s letters to multiple recipients revealed how she presented different versions of herself to various people.
- How Susan Wyndham wove literary criticism throughout the narrative.
- Why Susan is mostly invisible in the narrative.
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