03187nam 2200673 450 991081010220332120230721022113.00-7083-2237-9(CKB)1000000000773970(EBL)449528(OCoLC)496263347(SSID)ssj0000337105(PQKBManifestationID)11304065(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337105(PQKBWorkID)10289517(PQKB)11211764(MiAaPQ)EBC1889008(MiAaPQ)EBC449528(Au-PeEL)EBL1889008(CaPaEBR)ebr10840255(CaONFJC)MIL580766(OCoLC)438721579(EXLCZ)99100000000077397020151126h20092009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmbodying identity representations of the body in Welsh literature /Harri Garrod RobertsCardiff, [Wales] :University of Wales Press,2009.©20091 online resource (210 p.)Writing Wales in EnglishCREW series of Critical and Scholarly StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7083-2169-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Theorizing the Body; Class, Nation and Corporeality in the 1847 Blue Books 20Report; 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 90Immaturity of Dylan Thomas; '[W]hatever / I throw up now is still theirs': Abjection in 114R. S. Thomas's 'Poetry of Exile'; Horror and Wonder: Glyn Jones's The Valley, the City, 136the Village and Niall Griffiths's Grits; Notes; Bibliography; IndexSince 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.Writing Wales in English.CREW series of critical and scholarly studies.English literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismWelsh literatureHistory and criticismHuman body in literatureIdentity (Psychology) in literatureEnglish literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Welsh literatureHistory and criticism.Human body in literature.Identity (Psychology) in literature.820.99429Roberts Harri Garrod1684860MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810102203321Embodying identity4056553UNINA