| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 195 pages) |
| Series |
Writing Wales in English |
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CREW series of critical and scholarly studies |
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Writing Wales in English.
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CREW series of critical and scholarly studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction : theorizing the body -- Class, nation and corporeality in the 1847 Blue books report -- The body and the book : Caradoc Evans's My people -- 'I give the border' : Margiad Evans and Wales -- 'Beating on the jailing slab of the womb' : the alleged immaturity of Dylan Thomas -- '[W]hatever/I throw up now is still theirs' : abjection in R.S. Thomas's 'Poetry of exile' -- Horror and wonder : Glyn Jones's The valley, the city, the village and Niall Griffiths's Grits |
| Summary |
Since the time of Freud, some of the most radical innovators within critical theory have stressed the importance of the body and its representation to the constitution of subjectivity. This book explores some of the theoretical debates surrounding the body, and assesses its value as a critical concept, through an analysis of the body?s representation both in Welsh literary texts in English, and discourse about Wales more generally |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-190) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Welsh literature -- History and criticism
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Human body in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature -- Women authors
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Human body in literature
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Identity (Psychology) in literature
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Welsh literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780708322376 |
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0708322379 |
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9780708321690 |
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0708321690 |
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9781783163670 |
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1783163674 |
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