Twentieth-century women's writing in Wales : land, gender, belonging / Katie Gramich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gramich, Katie.

Series:

Gender studies in Wales

Gender studies in Wales = Astudiaethau rhywedd yng Nghymru

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Welsh authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Welsh authors.

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

English literature--Women authors.

Welsh literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Welsh literature.

Welsh literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Women authors.

Physical Description:

249 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2007.

Summary:

Twentieth-Century Women's Writing in Wales documents Welsh women's writing in both Welsh and English in the twentieth century. It identifies a distinctive female literary tradition in which Wales is represented as a 'different country' by its modern women writers; a country in which both Welshness and womanhood are variously lived and performed. This volume is arranged chronologically and deals with a wide range of literary genres, including the short story; the novel; poetry; autobiography, travel writing and drama. It affords long-overdue serious critical attention to the works of early-twentieth-century women writers - from the comical short stories of Jane Ann Jones to the powerful naturalist novels of Elena Puw Morgan and free-thinking 'New Woman' Bertha Thomas - while also dealing with better-known literary figures such as Kate Roberts and Gillian Clarke. This pioneering study of twentieth-century writing by Welsh women provides a much-needed alternative literary history to the stereotypical land of male bards.

Contents:

1 Sacred Place: 1900-1920 10

2 Fallen Place: 1921-1945 55

3 Awakening Place: 1946-1977 106

4 Feminist Place: 1978-1996 146

5 Hybrid Place: 1997-2005 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.

ISBN:

9780708320860

0708320864

OCLC:

122283371