Carmen Callil

Standard Name: Callil, Carmen

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Publishing Rosamond Lehmann
At the request of Carmen Callil of Virago Press and Chatto and Windus , RL put together a collection of captioned photographs that was published as Rosamond Lehmann's Album.
Lehmann, Rosamond. Rosamond Lehmann’s Album. Chatto and Windus, 1985.
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Reception Rosamond Lehmann
Carmen Callil , editor of Virago Press , approached Adrian House , RL 's editor at Collins , about re-issuing her work: he repelled this suggestion, condemning Virago as fairly pronounced feminists.
qtd. in
Hastings, Selina. Rosamond Lehmann. Chatto and Windus, 2002.
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Reception Edith Wharton
EW 's literary career was achieved in face of the indifference or disapproval of her relations, who felt that to publish was to lose caste. In 1923 EW was awarded an Honorary DLitt by Yale University
Reception Elizabeth Jenkins
Rosamond Lehmann recommended EJ 's writing to Carmen Callil for inclusion in the Virago Modern Classics series.
Callil, Carmen. “The stories of our lives”. Guardian Unlimited, 26 Apr. 2008.
Textual Production Antonia White
The idea was that AW should write the introduction herself. The effort to write it plunged her, said Carmen Callil , in pain so great . . . it twisted her body.
qtd. in
Vaux, Anna. “Biscuits. Oh good!”. London Review of Books, 27 May 1999, pp. 32-4.
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