Description: Further DetailsTitle: Welsh Environments in Contemporary PoetryCondition: NewEAN: 9780708321522ISBN: 9780708321522Publisher: University of Wales PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/25/2008Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 138mmItem Weight: 227gAuthor: Matthew JarvisLanguage: EnglishDescription: Welsh Environments in Contemporary Poetry' examines the question of how recent English-language poetry from Wales has responded to the diverse physical environments of Wales. The first volume to offer a sustained assessment of Welsh poetry in English within the context of recent developments in environmental literary criticism, this book also draws on aspects of human geography to explore the rich contemporary poetics of Welsh space and place. Opening with an examination of poets from the 1960s as well as the early work of R.S. Thomas, 'Welsh Environments in Contemporary Poetry' subsequently concentrates on the poetry of writers who have come to prominence since the 1970s: Gillian Clarke, Ruth Bidgood, Robert Minhinnick, Mike Jenkins, Christine Evans, and Ian Davidson.Close reading of key texts reveals the way in which these writers variously create Welsh places, landscapes, and environments - fashioning rural and urban spaces into poetic geographies that are both abundantly physical and inescapably cultural. Far from reducing Wales to mere scenery, the poetry that emerges from this book engages with the environments of Wales, not just for their own sake, but as a crucial way of exploring key issues in Welsh culture - from the negotiation of female identity in a land of masculine myths to the exploration of Welsh space in a global context.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Writing Wales in EnglishRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Welsh Environments in Contemporary Poetry
Title: Welsh Environments in Contemporary Poetry
EAN: 9780708321522
ISBN: 9780708321522
Release Date: 09/25/2008
Release Year: 2008
Item Weight: 227g
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Writing Wales in English
Book Title: Welsh Environments in Contemporary Poetry
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.1 in
Topic: General, Poetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Genre: Literary Criticism, Nature, Poetry
Author: Matthew Jarvis
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.5 in
Book Series: University of Wales Press-Writing Wales in English Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
