Emyr Humphreys
Contemporary Critical Perspectives
Distributed for University of Wales Press
Emyr Humphreys is a leading Welsh novelist, poet, and author who will celebrate his ninetieth birthday in 2009. This volume is the first book-length study of his work to discuss the principal thematic concerns found in his fiction and criticism in light of contemporary critical concepts such as psychoanalysis and socio-economic change. It offers readers the first discussion of “Land of the Living” and subsequent works such as Old People Are a Problem and constitutes a positive reappraisal of Humphreys’ work, highlighting issues that drive our current critical investigations, such as nationhood and identity, religion and conflict, spirituality, gender issues, and the environment, among other concerns.
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory
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