Burnt Fingers
Book Jacket
1927 (published)
1927 (published)
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The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction describes the author's work as having "a (comparatively) lurid frankness about sexual yearning." A queer subtext is implied in this bold cover design by Kenneth Romney Towndrow. Macnamara was a prolific Irish writer of romantic thrillers whose titles include The Trance (1908), The Awakening (1914), Jealous Gods (1921), Sweet Maureen (1922), Love's Long Lane (1925), Torn Veils (1926), Cock Angel (1928), Duet for a Trio (1933), Fandango (1936), Dangerous Fortune (1940), and Witchcraft in Your Lips (1947).
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Title | Burnt Fingers (published title) |
Materials and techniques | Process engraving on textured paper |
Brief description | Printed book jacket by Kenneth Romney Towndrow for 'Burnt Fingers' by Rachel Swete Macnamara. Irish, 1927. |
Physical description | Book jacket depicting two women with 1920s bobbed hair, facing each other at close range with a green lightning strike between them. Signed with vertical monogram KRT. |
Credit line | Given by Mrs E. Fraser Bate. |
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Summary | The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction describes the author's work as having "a (comparatively) lurid frankness about sexual yearning." A queer subtext is implied in this bold cover design by Kenneth Romney Towndrow. Macnamara was a prolific Irish writer of romantic thrillers whose titles include The Trance (1908), The Awakening (1914), Jealous Gods (1921), Sweet Maureen (1922), Love's Long Lane (1925), Torn Veils (1926), Cock Angel (1928), Duet for a Trio (1933), Fandango (1936), Dangerous Fortune (1940), and Witchcraft in Your Lips (1947). |
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Accession number | E.2057-1927 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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