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Writers of Wales: Dorothy Edwards
Writers of Wales: Dorothy Edwards
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Dyma'r astudiaeth gynhwysfawr gyntaf a luniwyd ar y llenor hynod Dorothy Edwards, yn seiliedig ar fanylion o'i dyddiaduron a'i gohebiaeth sydd newydd eu darganfod. Roedd Dorothy Edwards yn frodor o Gwm Ogwr ac yn awdur Rhapsody (1927) a Winter Sonata (1928).
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
Informed by newly available diaries and correspondence, here is the first comprehensive biographical and critical study of this enigmatic writer whose tragic suicide at the age of thirty-one served to plunge her fascinating body of work into obscurity.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9780708324400
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9780708324400
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Writers of Wales: Dorothy Edwards
- Awdur / Author
- Flay, Claire
- Current Price ex VAT
- £7.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £7.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2011-10-25
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 130 pages
- Size
- 138 × 216 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Bywgraffiadau a Chofiannau (yn Saesneg) | EN: Biographies (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Bywgraffiadau - Benyw (yn Saesneg) | EN: Biographies - Female (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Claire Flay holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glamorgan. She has recently edited and introduced Dorothy Edwards’ 1928 novel, Winter Sonata , in the Honno Classics series.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
Combining close textual analysis with comprehensive biography, this book brings to light previously unpublished material, and considers Edwards' work in the light of her views and experiences.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 Sonata . Edwards was raised in a radical socialist household during a period of political debate and industrial strife. And yet despite her upbringing, readers of Edwards’ work could be forgiven for initially believing hers to be the work of a middle-class English author. The paradox between upbringing and the literary world that she chose to create is central to Dorothy Edwards. The first of the book’s four chapters focuses on Edwards’ biography; informed by new manuscript material, it outlines the period from Edwards’ birth and upbringing, to the writing of Rhapsody (1927) and Winter Sonata (1928). The second chapter constitutes a reading of the short-story collection Rhapsody in the light of gender theories, while the third section offers the first in-depth study of Edwards’ only published novel, Winter Sonata . Finally, the book returns to discuss the year leading up to her suicide on 6th January 1934, which Edwards largely spent in London living with Bloomsbury author David Garnett and his family, and the impact that this experience had on her understanding of national and class divisions. Previously unpublished letters and diary entries offer an insight into her feelings and experiences during this turbulent period.
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