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The fiction of Emyr Humphreys : contemporary critical perspectives / Linden Peach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peach, Linden, author.
- Series:
- Writing Wales in English.
- Writing Wales in English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wales--In literature.
- Wales.
- Humphreys, Emyr--Criticism and interpretation.
- Humphreys, Emyr.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff, [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This pioneering book explores Emyr Humphreys's fiction from a range of contemporary critical perspectives and stresses its relevance to the 21st century. Through stimulating readings which highlight subjects such as gender identity, contested masculinities, problematic father and daughter relationships, war, pacifism, strangeness and 'otherness', and cultural discourse in complex linguistic environments, Linden Peach argues that Humphreys's work is best understood as 'dramatic', 'dissident' and/or 'dilemma' fiction. Generally rooted in North Wales, it is seen as providing fresh insights into
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Frames and contexts
- pt. 2. Readings.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 25, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-299-20071-0
- 0-7083-2404-5
- OCLC:
- 768082843
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