1923

May Sinclair writes A Cure of Souls and publishes Uncanny Stories

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What happened

In 1923, May Sinclair wrote A Cure of Souls and published Uncanny Stories. The chronology records these works during her mature period of literary production in Britain. Their appearance shows her continuing to move between psychological, imaginative, and unusual or supernatural forms of fiction.

Literary impact

These works demonstrate Sinclair’s continuing fascination with psychological experience and the boundaries between ordinary consciousness and the uncanny. Her literary treatment of inner states became increasingly sophisticated as her earlier philosophical and psychological interests were absorbed into fiction.

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