A Curious Peril

“Vetter’s book reroutes standard narratives about women’s war writing, late modernism, and H.D. by focusing on her historically expansive prose writings of the 1940s.”—Marsha Bryant, author of Women’s Poetry and Popular Culture



“Demonstrating how literary aspects of H.D.’s late prose contribute to politically attuned cultural work, Vetter astutely counters longstanding claims about H.D.’s ‘escapism.’”—Miranda Hickman, author of The Geometry of Modernism



“An important, meticulously researched treatment of H.D.’s post–WWII writing that helps us understand her multiple genre-bending and time-warping moves.”—Madelyn Detloff, author of The Value of Virginia Woolf

“Exquisitely researched.”—Modern Language Review



“An exemplary scholarly work: exceptionally well researched, consistently smart, accessible. . . . Essential.”—Choice



“Offers a fascinating and thorough analysis of the chosen texts, grounding them not only in the context of H.D.’s own experiences and recognizing the trauma of two World Wars but also in the context of post-war Europe.”—Forum for Modern Language Studies



“Thoroughly accounts for the modernist’s overlooked late-career prose.”—Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature