91. Rose Macaulay — What Not with Kate Macdonald
Rose Macaulay
What Not, Rose Macaulay’s 1918 wild and witty speculative novel of post-First World War eugenics, influenced Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Our guest is literary historian Kate Macdonald, who wrote the first collection of scholarly essays on Macaulay and spearheads the publishing company Handheld Press.
Discussed in this episode:
What Not by Rose Macaulay (Handheld Press)
Kate Macdonald, Director of Handheld Press
The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Non-Combatants and Others by Rose Macaulay
Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Rosamond Lehmann’s Dusty Answer with Lucy Scholes
Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Mary Taylor with Emily Midorikawa and Emma Sweeney
Where Stands A Wingèd Sentry by Margaret Kennedy (Handheld Press)