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Through High Windows

Through High Windows

Sauter, Lilian
Reznick, Jeffrey S.

Hardcover

Literary FiguresGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 199857900X
ISBN13: 9781998579006
Publisher: Universitas Press
Published: Jul 23 2025
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This biographical volume includes Lilian Sauter's only published collection of poetry, Through High Windows, along with letters, photographs, and extensive biographical material, all framed by a scholarly introduction, detailed annotations, and contextual images. Offering a rich and layered portrait of an overlooked woman writer, this edition brings Sauter's literary and political life into focus-situating her voice within the broader contexts of early 20th-century feminism, British literary modernism, and the aftermath of the First World War. Drawing on archival and published sources, the volume explores her marriage to German painter Georg Sauter, her intellectual development, and the emotional toll of war, health struggles, and domestic expectations. Her poetry and prose reflect deep introspection, emotional resilience, and a nuanced understanding of gender and class in a rapidly changing world. Ideal for courses in Women's Studies, Women's Literature, British Literature, and Suffrage and Gender History, this edition also provides material for researchers interested in literary recovery, gender and trauma studies, and early feminist thought. With its combination of primary texts, critical commentary, archival evidence, and visual materials, Through High Windows is both a literary rediscovery and an essential academic resource that honors the legacy of a writer whose contributions to literature and women's rights deserve lasting recognition.

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