Elizabeth Craven: Writer, Feminist and European. Interview with Author
Author Julia Gasper An interview by Jolanta Ryba from Oxford Prospect This Question and Answer interview with the well-known historian and Oxford biographer Julia Gasper , about her latest book, a biography of Elizabeth Craven . 1. How different was this book about Elizabeth Craven from your previous books? Actually, it was very different, because this is the first time I have written about an English person, and the first time I have written about a woman. Both my previous biographies were of men, and foreign subjects – King Theodore of Corsica, and the Marquis d’Argens . Having said that, Elizabeth Craven is still a very Continental Englishwoman, and I still had to use sources in French and write about places in Germany or further afield. 2. What encouraged you to write about her? Well, I came across her when I was doing the research for my last book about the Marquis d’Argens. He was very involved in theatre (he married an actress, in fact, two) so I wa
