Eva Shilton (b.1907): Researching Writing Lives
Though selecting an author initially seemed an arduous task, I soon felt a strong affinity with working class authors from around the West …
Eva Shilton (b.1907): Habits, Culture and Beliefs
Though leisure time and cultural activities were not readily available to Eva and her family on account of their financial hardship, Eva …
Eva Shilton (b. 1907): An Introduction
Eva Annie Shilton was born on November 6th, 1908, on Colchester Street in Hillfields, Coventry. I felt an immediate affinity with Eva on account …
Eva Shilton (b.1907): Education and Schooling
The central importance of Eva Shilton’s education cannot be understated; it is one of two topics explicitly referred to in the title …
Eva Shilton (b.1907): Life and Labour
Although work and general labour are not central themes in Eva Shilton’s memoir, they are a recurrent source of both relief and …
Eva Shilton (b.1907): Reading and Writing
Richard Altick states, in The English Common Reader that ‘everywhere in the memoirs of lower class readers are laments that in their youth good …
Eva Shilton (b. 1907): Home and Family
The importance of Eva’s home and family life is evident throughout her memoir, and much of the content she has dictated revolves …
Eva Shilton (b. 1907): Purpose and Audience
No longer are the autobiographies of the working-classes seen merely as portrayals of ‘the psychological effects of social deprivation’ (Gagnier, 1987, p.1): …