This book is a fascinating in-depth study of the British novelist, poet, and illustrator Stevie Smith (1902-1971). It draws on extensive archival material to offer new insights into her work, challenges conventional readings of her as an eccentric, and offers new perspectives on British twentieth-century poetry and its reception.
This book is a fascinating in-depth study of the British novelist, poet, and illustrator Stevie Smith (1902-1971). It draws on extensive archival material to offer new insights into her work, challenges conventional readings of her as an eccentric, and offers new perspectives on British twentieth-century poetry and its reception.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
William May is a Research Fellow in Humanities at the University of Southampton. He completed a doctorate on the work of Stevie Smith at Balliol College, Oxford in 2007, and lectured at St. Anne's College, Oxford and Bath Spa University before taking up his present position. He has published widely on post-war British literature, and co-edited the interdisciplinary essay collection From Self to Shelf: The Artist Under Construction (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007) with Sally Bayley. His current research project, Setting Agendas, examines the relationship between contemporary British music and literature.
Inhaltsangabe
List of illustrations Introduction 1: Reforming a Literary Orphan: Stevie Smith's Poetry in Context 2: 'A poet reading' 3: Brought to Book: the Publishing History of Stevie Smith 4: Towards a Constructive Criticism of Stevie Smith 5: 'Observation, discipline, and company': the Overlooked Reader 6: Beyond Words: Stevie Smith as a Visual Artist Conclusion Bibliography Index
List of illustrations Introduction 1: Reforming a Literary Orphan: Stevie Smith's Poetry in Context 2: 'A poet reading' 3: Brought to Book: the Publishing History of Stevie Smith 4: Towards a Constructive Criticism of Stevie Smith 5: 'Observation, discipline, and company': the Overlooked Reader 6: Beyond Words: Stevie Smith as a Visual Artist Conclusion Bibliography Index
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