Doris Hunt (1900) : Habits, Culture and Belief
‘I have a few early memories going back to about 1903’ (p1). This quote is from the first sentence of Doris’s autobiography, …
Doris Hunt (1900): Life Writing and Class Identity
In ‘Social Atoms: Working Class Autobiography, Subjectivity and Gender’, Regenia Gagnier distinguishes working class autobiographies into six different categories. I believe that …
Doris Hunt (born 1900) : Education and Schooling
Through Doris’s writing it is evident that she is extremely fond of schooling, education and reading. She flourished in school at an …
Doris Hunt (1900) : Life and Labour
During the 20th century it is evident that many of the working class worked to live. This is evident through Doris’s portrayal of …
Doris Hunt (1900) : Purpose and Audience
Doris Hunt starts her memoirs off in a very normal fashion, telling us her date and place of birth, ‘I was born …
Doris Hunt (1900): Illness, Health and Disability
The prospect of illness was not uncommon within the Hunt household. It inevitably ended in tragedy. The first instance was when Doris and …
Doris Hunt (born 1900) : Home and Family
The theme of home and family runs throughout Doris’s autobiography as she discusses her various family homes, her parents, siblings and also …
Doris Hunt (1900): Researching Writing Lives
I thoroughly enjoyed both individually working on my author blog and also being a part of the collaborative research project for the …
Doris Hunt (1900) : Reading, Writing and Identity
‘Interest in reading is a part of a lifelong commitment, initiated in childhood, but not confined to childhood’ (Swindells, 1985, 128) Doris …
Doris Hunt (1900) : An Introduction
I was born in 1900 in the last year of the reign of Queen Victoria, in Manchester Doris is one of six …