Conference Monographs

Wilmet’s Wanderings: A Journey from Sterility to Fruitfulness READ
Amaret Johnson
Presented at the 2022 Virtual North American Conference

Attempting Adultery in A Glass of Blessings READ
Maryam Loos
Presented at the 2022 Virtual North American Conference

Inclusivity in A Glass of Blessings READ
Emily Stockard
Presented at the 2022 Virtual North American Conference

Lessons from Across the Channel: What the French Can Teach Us About Barbara Pym and What Pym Can Teach Us About the French READ
Beverly Bell
Presented at the 2021 AGM

An Unsuitable Correspondence: Equivalencies of Style and Theme in the Novels of Barbara Pym and Raymond Chandler READ
Celia Bland
Presented at the 2021 Virtual North American Conference

Violet Posies, Moleskin Coats, and Quince Jelly: Material Culture in the Lives of the Female Characters in An Unsuitable Attachment READ
Cynthia Boyd
Presented at the 2021 Virtual North American Conference

Good in Parts: Pym’s Rather Modern Curates READ
Fr Nathan Mulcock
Presented at the 2021 Virtual North American Conference

Crampton Hodnet: “Too Outdated for Publication” READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2019 North American Conference

“As Good As Anything I Ever Did”: Bits of Brilliance in Crampton Hodnet READ
Dr. Kathy Ackley
Presented at the 2019 North American Conference

Crampton Hodnet Through A Glass of Sherry:
Barbara Pym’s Brilliant Device to Portray Her Characters’ Personality READ

Jane Peyton
Presented at the 2019 North American Conference

Houses of Mirth: The Role of Architecture, Buildings, and Their Settings in Crampton Hodnet READ
The Rev'd Richard McKeon
Presented at the 2019 North American Conference

“A Plain-looking Woman No Longer Young”: Acceptance as Irony in Crampton Hodnet READ
Dr. Heather McNaugher
Presented at the 2019 North American Conference

“A Difficult Letter”: Impolite Post in The Sweet Dove Died READ
Dr. Kym Brindle
Presented at the 2018 North American Conference

Flower Books and Fruitwood Mirrors: Commodifying Nature in The Sweet Dove Died READ
Dr. Julia Courtney
Presented at the 2018 North American Conference

How Goodness and Misfortune Correlate in Barbara Pym’s Novels: A Case Study of The Sweet Dove Died READ
Sadhwi Srinivas
Presented at the 2018 North American Conference

"TO R.": Barbara Pym and Richard Roberts READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2018 North American Conference

The Power of Love: Subversive Power Plays in The Sweet Dove Died READ
Ruth Pavans de Ceccatty
Presented at the 2018 North American Conference

“The Things I See!” – Suburbs and Sagas in No Fond Return of Love READ
Sandra Goldstein
Presented at the 2017 AGM

The Dove before Larkin: MS27 and Pym’s Original Vision READ
Dr. Emily Stockard
Presented at the 2018 North American Conference

Less Than Angels, or An Unsuitable Detachment READ
Dr. Joan Vredenburgh
Presented at the 2017 North American Conference

Various Positions: Oliphant, Mallow, Lydgate, and Pym, on Writing READ
Gabriele Caras
Presented at the 2017 North American Conference

Fireworks in Suburbia: Space, Place and Symbolism in Less than Angels READ
Dr. Nick Turner
Presented at the 2017 North American Conference

“Diarrhoea,” Letty Repeated – Barbara Pym’s Use of the Adverb READ
Tim Burnett
Presented at the 2017 North American Conference

Barbara Pym and Social Anthropolgy READ
Peter C. Lloyd
First presented at the Barbara Pym Literary Weekend at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, August 1993

Hilary and Hazel in the US READ
Yvonne Cocking
read at the 2016 AGM

Barbara Pym’s 'Finding a Voice' and Hazel Holt’s Detective Novels READ
Jan Fergus
Read at the 2016 AGM

Working with Hazel READ
Laura Morris
Read at the 2016 AGM

Mrs Malory Disposes: Some Problems of an Amateur Detective READ
Dr. Clemence Schultze
Presented at the 2016 AGM

The Excellent Women’s Excellent Women: An Exploration of Domestic Service in the Novels of Barbara Pym READ
Chris Jenkins
Presented at the 2016 Spring Meeting

Who’s Who in Some Tame Gazelle READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2016 North American Conference

Love In Her Own Peculiar Way: Barbara Pym, Useless Longings, and Some Tame Gazelle READ
Michelle Huneven
Presented at the 2016 North American Conference

Socks and Underthings: Desire, Seduction, and the Private Life of Spinsters in Some Tame Gazelle READ
Victoria Patterson
Presented at the 2016 North American Conference

Rough Draft: Barbara Pym and the Nazis READ
Laura Shapiro
Presented at the 2016 North American Conference

The Conflicting Purposes of “Obscure Research” in Some Tame Gazelle READ
Adam Shoemaker
Presented at the 2016 North American Conference

Sisters Together, Spinsters Forever: Resisting the Goblin in Some Tame Gazelle READ
Prashansa Taneja
The Ellen J. Miller Memorial Essay
Presented at the 2016 North American Conference

The Novels of Barbara Pym: A Dance of Many Partners READ
Isabel Stanley
Presented at the 2015 AGM

A Suitable Attachment: Partnerships in Excellent Women READ
Deb Fisher
Presented at the 2015 AGM

Pym, Partners and Poems READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2015 AGM

Partners in Pym READ
Clare Coombe & Julie Gittoes
Presented at the 2015 AGM

‘Whatever we Hereafter write, ’tis thy Posterity’: Oxford Library Collections through the Novels of Barbara Pym READ
Catriona Cannon
Presented at the 2015 AGM

Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Taylor:  A Friendship in Letters READ
Rose Little
Presented at the 2015 Spring Meeting

“Change and decay in all around I see”: The social background to Quartet in Autumn READ
Tim Burnett
Presented at the 2015 North American Conference

“Here’s to us, then”: The difficulties and rewards of “making contact” in Quartet in Autumn READ
Kathy Ackley
Presented at the 2015 North American Conference

“Some indefinite music?” Tone and indeterminacy in Quartet in Autumn READ
Nick Turner
Presented at the 2015 North American Conference

The experience of “not having”: Failure to connect in Barbara Pym’s Quartet in Autumn READ
Raina Lipsitz
Presented at the 2015 North American Conference

Barbara Pym among the Moderns: The case of Marcia in Quartet in Autumn READ
Emily Stockard
Presented at the 2015 North American Conference

Handsome, Clever and Rich: Wilmet Forsyth and Emma Woodhouse READ
Maggie Lane
Presented at the 2014 AGM

The Church of South India – Very Thoroughly READ
Fr. Colin Oxenforth
Presented at the 2014 AGM

‘Not Named Amongst Christians’: Debating ‘Marginal’ Homosexuals in A Glass of Blessings and 1950s England
Part 1:  Libby Tempest READ
Part 2:  Nick Turner READ
Presented at the 2014 AGM

A Close Look at Chapter One of Excellent Women READ
Beverly Bell
Presented at the 2014 North American Conference

The Spinster’s Natural Clothing: Postwar Styles in Excellent Women READ
Hope Hodgkins
Presented at the 2014 North American Conference

“Not Really First in Anybody’s Life”: The Friendship Between Mildred and Dora in Excellent Women READ
Orna Raz
Presented at the 2014 North American Conference

“But I have that within that passeth show”: The Polite Sufferings of Spinster Life in the Narrative Voice of Excellent Women READ
Triona Adams
Presented at the 2014 North American Conference

Potato Peelings and Hawaiian Fire READ
Amaret Johnson
Presented at the 2014 North American Conference

Walk-Ons and Noises Off:  Peripheral Characters in Barbara Pym's World READ
Sandra Goldstein
Presented at the 2013 North American Conference

Smoked Salmon and a Perfectly Ripe Peach: How Pym's Work Challenges the Soggy-Tinned-Peas Version of British Culinary History READ
Laura Shapiro
Presented at the 2013 North American Conference

Another Barbara:  New Insights into Barbara Pym READ
Robin Joyce
Presented at the 2013 North American Conference

Barbara Pym and the Naming of Names READ
Tim Burnett
Presented at the 2013 North American Conference

Pym’s Poems: Poetry by Barbara and her Friends READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2013 North American Conference

Lady Farmer’s Lilies: Some Problems of a Church Flower Arranger READ
Tom Sopko
Presented at the 2012 AGM

Jane and Prudence: A Novel of Contrasts READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2012 North American Conference

Barbara Pym and the Comedy of Manners READ
Charlotte Silver
Presented at the 2012 North American Conference

Jane and Prudence and Barbara and Hazel: The Women Friends of Barbara Pym and How They Influenced Her Work READ
Linda McDougall
Presented at the 2012 North American Conference

Not Quite a Trollope Wife: Jane Cleveland’s Literary Expectations of Herself  as a Clergy Wife READ
Isabel Stanley
Presented at the 2012 North American Conference

“As Good As Anything I Ever Did”: Bits of Brilliance in Crampton Hodnet READ
Kathy Ackley
Presented at the 2011 AGM

City of Dreaming Spires:  Barbara Pym and the Oxford Novel READ
Eleonore Biber
Presented at the 2011 AGM

“A Thankless Task?” READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2011 North American Conference

Sister Acts: The Unlikely Pair in the Early Novels of Barbara Pym READ
Thad Cockrill
Presented at the 2011 North American Conference

Cooking in a Bedsitter: Barbara Pym on the Allure and the Loneliness of Single Life READ
Martha Wilson
Presented at the 2011 North American Conference

No Fond Return of Love: The Birth of the “Angry” Young Excellent Woman READ
Gloria Nakamura
Presented at the 2011 North American Conference

“The Things I See!” – Suburbs and Sagas in No Fond Return of Love READ
Sandra Goldstein
Presented at the 2011 North American Conference

Barbara’s First Oxford Romance OR ‘Life Before Henry’ READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2010 AGM

“Celibacy of the Clergy Has Always Been Our Motto”: The Clergy House of St Luke’s READ
Eleonore Biber
Presented at the 2010 North American Conference

St Mary’s, St Luke’s and Great St Bart’s: High Church in London, Then and Now READ
Tim Burnett
Presented at the 2010 North American Conference

“WHAT IS MY NEXT NOVEL TO BE?” READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2010 North American Conference

Fashion in A Glass of Blessings READ
Sandra Goldstein
Presented at the 2010 North American Conference

Don’t Get Too Comfortable: The Pain of Idleness under Cover of Sleek Wealth READ
Kristin G. Kelly
Presented at the 2010 North American Conference

Food in A Glass of Blessings READ
Laura Shapiro
Presented at the 2010 North American Conference

“Grey and pointed at both ends”:  The Genesis of A Few Green Leaves and Its Public Reception READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2009 North American Conference

Bookends: Some Tame Gazelle and A Few Green Leaves READ
Charles Hansmann
Presented at the 2009 North American Conference

Missing Sideboards and Faded Slipcovers: Marriage in Crampton Hodnet READ
Ann DiPietro
Presented at the 2008 North American Conference

Can Excellent Women Marry? READ
Eileen Kennedy
Presented at the 2008 North American Conference

Marriages Real and Virtual in Some Tame Gazelle READ
Charles Hansmann
Presented at the 2008 North American Conference

Mild Kindly Looks, Spectacles and Kiddisoaps: Where Has All the Passion Gone? READ
A Look at Marriage in Jane & Prudence
Dan DiPietro
Presented at the 2008 North American Conference

Barbara Pym and Rupert Gleadow READ
Presented by Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2008 North American Conference

What Is a “Pymish” Mystery Novel? READ
Kathy Ackley
Presented at the 2007 North American Conference

What Barbara Pym Read: Less-Known and Less-Regarded Works READ
Presented by Isabel Stanley
Presented at the 2007 North American Conference

Barbara Pym in Germany READ
Yvonne Cocking
Presented at the 2006 North American Conference

Class in the Novels of Barbara Pym II READ
Tim Burnett
Presented at the 2005 North American Conference

Barbara Pym and the Sermon READ
Barbara J. Dunlap
Presented at the 2005 North American Conference

Under the Spell of Barbara Pym READ
Dale Salwak
Presented at the 2005 North American Conference

Everyone Has a Mother READ
Katherine Anne Ackley
Presented at the 2004 AGM

Mothers and Others in Austen and Pym READ
Maggie Lane
Presented at the 2004 AGM

Class and the Novels of Barbara Pym READ
Tim Burnett
Presented at the 2003 North American Conference

The Company of Women: Women's Friendships in the Novels READ
Katherine Anne Ackley
Presented at the 2002 North American Conference

Communal Rites: Tea, Wine and Milton in Barbara Pym Novels READ
Judy McInnis
Presented at the 2002 North American Conference

The Excellent Woman: Subversion from Behind a Teacup READ
Catherine Wallace
Presented at the 2002 North American Conference