W. H. Davies : essays on the super-tramp poet /

This book brings together, for the first time, a collection of articles from leading scholars on the writing, and literary and social contexts, of the 'tramp-poet' and memoirist W. H. Davies (1871-1940).

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Waterman, Rory (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Anthem Press, 2021.
Temas:
Davies, W. H. > (William Henry), > 1871-1940 > Criticism and interpretation.
Davies, W. H. > (William Henry), > 1871-1940
LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Notes
  • Chapter 1 Discovery and Rediscovery: W. H. Davies's The Soul's Destroyer in Context
  • Finding the Poet
  • Davies and the Georgians
  • The Soul's Destroyer
  • The Context of Davies's Subsequent Poetry
  • Notes
  • Chapter 2 W. H. Davies and the Tramping Character in the Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
  • I
  • II
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3 'More of Imagination's Stars': W. H. Davies, Becoming a Georgian
  • Notes
  • Chapter 4 'Not the Lingo of Fleet Street': Davies and Periodical Culture
  • 'The Friendly Puff': Davies and his Reviewers
  • Cultivating the Tramp Poet: Early Periodical Contributions
  • 'The Tramp and the Citizen': The Problem with Typecasting
  • From Open Road to Country House: Writing for the Mainstream Magazine
  • The Controlling Hand: Editing Form (1921-22)
  • Notes
  • Chapter 5 'From the Hills of Gwent': The Other W. H. Davies
  • Notes
  • Chapter 6 Damaged Bodies and the Cartesian Split: Unattainable Masculinity in the Prose of W. H. Davies
  • Davies's Descartes
  • Damaged Bodies and Masculine Loss
  • The Lost Sex: 'Hell for Women Made'
  • Coda: A Manhood Unachieved
  • Notes
  • Chapter 7 Women of Fashion and the Little Wife: W. H. Davies on Women
  • Notes
  • Chapter 8 'The One': Self-Representation in W. H. Davies's Shorter Lyrics of the Twentieth Century
  • Notes
  • Chapter 9 Scant Theologies: W. H. Davies and the Figure of Christ
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • Notes
  • Chapter 10 'Poisoned Earth and Sky': W. H. Davies, Between the Wars
  • Notes
  • End Matter
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index.

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