Rhys Davies was a seminal influence in Welsh writing because he was one of the first novelists to depict industrial Wales, and was a highly prolific writer producing some twenty novels and one hundred short stories in a career that spanned six decades. He was also the holder of a complex identity: he was a gay man who grew up as a shopkeeper's son in the Rhondda who left Wales to write about his homeland in England. This book unravels a national experience that is deeply bound up in complex negotiations of class, sexuality, and gender and follows a career that was predicted to be that of 'the representative Welshman'. The book is divided into three sections: the first begins with Davies' childhood in Blaenclydach and the ways in which his memories of his childhood reinforce continuing themes in his stories and novels; the second will place Davies in literary London and address Davies' struggle to enter the privileged circles of literary production, circulation, and reception; and, the final section considers the established Davies of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
- ISBN:
- 9780708321676
- 9780708321676
- Category:
- Literary studies: fiction
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-07-2009
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of Wales Press
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Edition:
- 2nd Edition
- Pages:
- 144
- Dimensions (mm):
- 216x138x10mm
- Weight:
- 0.27kg
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