Dorothy Edwards / Claire Flay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flay, Claire, author.

Series:

Writers of Wales.

Writers of Wales

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edwards, Dorothy, 1903-1934--Criticism and interpretation.

Edwards, Dorothy.

Women and literature--Wales--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dorothy Edwards is the first full-length critical literary study of this enigmatic author, born in the small mining valley of Ogmore Vale in 1903. Combining close textual analysis with comprehensive biography, this book brings to light previously unpublished material, and considers Edwards' work in the light of her views and experiences. Claire Flay argues that Edwards' upbringing deeply influenced her perception of gender, class, and nationality, and ultimately led her to that creation of a small but fascinating body of work in her 1927 short-story collection Rhapsody and 1928 novel Winter So

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; From Brynteg to Pen-y-dre: Dorothy Edwards inOgmore Vale and Rhiwbina; Narrating males/muted females: silence and songin Rhapsody; Season of discontent: class barriers and theirconsequences in Winter Sonata; A Welsh Cinderella in Bloomsbury: power dynamicsand cultural colonialism; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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 13, 2015).

ISBN:

9781299201088

1299201083

9780708324417

070832441X

OCLC:

768082864