| Constructing Identity in the Poetry of Tony Harrison: Revised and Expanded Edition Contributor(s): Wilczyński, Marek (Other), Handley, Agata (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631837453 ISBN-13: 9783631837450 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.94 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When, in 1948, Tony Harrison entered Leeds Grammar School as a scholarship boy, he found himself, as Richard Hoggart saw, "at the friction point of two cultures". His schooling introduced him to the "classics"; but it also deprived him of a clear identification with the place where he grew up. His work reflects and explores this tension; and it may be seen, in some ways, as a form of "identity construction." The book examines key texts such as v. and the School of Eloquence sequence, where this "construction" takes different forms--oscillating between identity as a state, or a process; as continuity, or change; or as the outcome of conformity, or revolt. This second edition has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on Harrison's Elegies. |
