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Author:   Georgia Burdett ,  Sarah Morse
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
Imprint:   University of Wales Press
ISBN:  

9781786835284

ISBN 10:   1786835282
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   15 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of abbreviations Ways Out: Ways In: Ways Back An Introduction Barbara Prys-Williams, History is what you live: Ron Berry's rumination on his conflicted life and times Tony Brown, A Man's World: The Short Fiction of Ron Berry John Perrott Jenkins, Reading Hector Bebb: Masculinity and Mythic Paradigms in So Long, Hector Bebb (1970) Daryl Leeworthy, The Full-Time Amateur: Sport in Ron Berry's south-Walian Imagination Georgia Burdett, `The Inadequates': Ron Berry and Disability Sarah Morse, `Green always comes back': Ron Berry's ecocentric writing Tomos Owen, `Land of my Feathers': Ron Berry and Niall Griffiths on the Wing John Pikoulis, `Word-of-mouth cultures cease in cemeteries' Afterword Bibliography

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At last we have critical analyses which do justice to the complex, profound, immersive and vital work of one of our best, and most achingly underrated, novelists. Each of the contributors to this fascinating volume engages with the technical skills and structural, innovative intricacies of Berry's body of work without ever neglecting its warmth and empathy. --Niall Griffiths, Wolverhampton University Ron Berry wrote with the pent-up ferocity of a pit explosion; and he jealously guarded the aggressive contrariness that energized his edgy talent. These pioneering essays take us to the heart of his prickly genius for capturing, with uncompromising honesty, that which was precious about his time, locality and vanishing community. --M. Wynn Thomas, Swansea University Ron Berry's writing vividly animated the heyday and decline of the south Wales coalfield, and the lives set against its backdrop, with distinctive style, wit and authenticity. This book provides comprehensive and insightful coverage of a neglected but vital Welsh author. --Rhian E. Jones, writer and historian

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The collection will certainly be welcomed within the field of Welsh writing in English, and will also be of interest to scholars of de- and post-industrial societies, literatures and culture. The careful blend of socio-cultural detail combined with contemporary theoretical perspectives and textual analysis will appeal to the sophisticated general reader, whilst the timeliness of the project to coincide with Ron Berry's centenary will support a wider lay readership.

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