Published to mark the centenary of Roald Dahl’s (Welsh) birth,
_Roald Dahl: Wales of the Unexpected _breaks new ground by revealing
the place of Wales in the imagination of the writer known as ‘the
world’s number one storyteller’. Exploring the complex
conditioning presence of Wales in his life and work, the essays in
this collection dramatically defamiliarise Dahl and in the process
render him uncanny. Importantly, Dahl is encountered whole – his
books for children and his fiction for adults are read as mutually
invigorating bodies of work, both of which evidence the ways in which
Wales, and the author’s Anglo-Welsh orientation, demand articulation
throughout the career. Recognising the impossibility of constructing a
monolithic ‘Welsh’ Dahl, the contributors explore the compound and
nuanced ways in which Wales signifies across the oeuvre. Roald Dahl:
Wales of the Unexpected takes Dahl studies into new territory in terms
of both subject and method, showing the new horizons that open up when
Dahl is read through a Welsh lens. Locating Dahl in illuminating new
textual networks, resourcefully offering fresh angles of entry into
classic Dahl texts, rehabilitating neglected Dahl texts, and analysing
the layered genesis of (seemingly) familiar works by excavating the
manuscripts, this innovative volume brings Dahl ‘home’ in order to
render him invigoratingly unhomely. The result is not a
parochialisation of Dahl, but rather a new internationalisation.
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ISBN
9781783169429
Publisert
2016
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
University of Wales Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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