Doubly Determined: the Ambition of Storm Jameson

The Emergence of the Press Baron as ‘literary Villain’ in English Letters 1909–1939

“…Jennifer Birkett suggests that the slow and painful death of Cohen's wife from cancer, is a 'displaced condemnation' of Cohen's actions. 59 Cohen's attitude to 'literature' is portrayed as similarly thoughtless and equally damaging as his political meddling. He neither knows, nor cares of the consequences of his actions beyond the desire to sell more papers.…”

“…56 She herself had enjoyed discussing feminism and politics in two Rothermere newspapers, the Daily Mirror and the Evening News, in the late 1920s. 57 However, from 1933 as the discrepancy between what foreign correspondents told her in private and what newspapers published grew, she became increasingly disappointed with the mainstream press. 58 Jameson wrote Love in Winter during this period of gradual disillusionment.…”