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In My Own Shire Region and Belonging in British Writing, 1840-1970
Stephen Wade
ISBN: 0-313-32182-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32182-5
192 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2002
List Price: $97.95 (UK Sterling Price: £67.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: An overview of 19th- and 20th-century writing from the British Isles shows a constant interplay between metropolitan centers and regional peripheries—an interplay that points to the basic importance of place and belonging in literary creation and evaluation. This volume examines the relationship between British literature—including poetry, fiction, biography, and drama—and regional consciousness in the Victorian and modern periods, introducing the reader to a range of responses to the profound feelings of belonging engendered by the sense of place. The works covered are a mixture of familiar classics and less well-known writings from working-class writers or forgotten writers who were successful in their era. After accounting for the emergence of regional writing in the early 19th century, the author analyzes the development of regional writing in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, focusing on issues such as the sociopolitical context of the regional novel, the print and literary cultures around regional presses, and the place of documentary in regional consciousness.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    The Inheritance: Past and Present
    Place and People Revealed 1840-1860
    Countries of the Mind: From Wessex to the Kailyard
    Fin de Siecle
    Renaissance: Inventing Celts, Cities, and Folk
    Displacement to Documentary
    Imagining Wales: James Hanley, The Welsh Sonata and the Anglo-Welsh Debate
    The New Northerners: Studies of Provincial Life
    Beyond London: Poetry in Britain from the Periphery 1945-1970
    Conclusions
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: STEPHEN WADE is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Huddersfield, England. He has published several scholarly books and articles, as well as some collections of poems.
LCC Class: 820
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