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May Sinclair

May Sinclair

EnglishAugust 24, 1863 – November 14, 1946Modernist Novel

Sinclair was a philosopher and novelist who was among the first to use the term 'stream of consciousness' in a literary context and to theorise modernist narrative technique. Her fiction explored female psychology and independence with unusual depth.

Works

  • Mary Olivier: A LifeNovel tracing a woman's interior life from childhood to middle age→
  • The Life and Death of Harriett FreanNovel depicting a woman's constrained life and inner spiritual rebellion→
  • The Combined MazeNovel exploring three people caught in emotional and social entanglement→
  • The Three SistersNovel of three sisters navigating love, faith, and family duty→
  • The Divine FireNovel of passion and destruction between a poet and young woman→

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