Roald Dahl

Damian Walford Davies

Description

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.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
‘Inscription and Erasure: Mining for Welsh Dahl in the Archive’ – Carrie Smith
‘How Sweet Was My Valley: Willy Wonka and the Welsh Industrial Novel’ – Tomos Owen
'Wales of the Unexpected: Kiss, Kiss' – Kevin Mills
‘Homes, Horizons and Orbits: Welsh Dahl and the Aerial View’ – Richard Marggraf Turley
‘Dahl and Dylan: Matilda, ‘In Country Sleep’ and Twentieth-century Topographies of Fear’ – Damian Walford Davies
‘‘There’s Something Fishy about Wales’: Dahl, Identity, Language’ – Ann Alston and Heather Worthington
‘Dahl-in-Welsh, Welsh Dahl: Translation, Resemblance, Difference’ – Siwan Rosser
‘Dahl’s Cardiff Spaces’ – Peter Finch

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• Irish
• English
• European
• Welsh
• Scottish

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 août 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781783169412
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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edited by Damian Walford Davies

University of Wales Press 2016

© Té çôtîbutôŝ, 2016

A îtŝ éŝévé. Nô pàt ôf tîŝ bôôk à bé épôuçé î à àtéîà fô (îçuî pôtôçôpî ô ŝtôî ît î à éîu b ééçtôîç éàŝ à été ô ôt tàŝîét ô îçîétà tô ŝôé ôté uŝé ôf tîŝ pubîçàtîô) îtôut té îtté péîŝŝîô ôf té çôpît ôé. Appîçàtîôŝ fô té çôpît ôé’ŝ îtté péîŝŝîô tô épôuçé à pàt ôf tîŝ pubîçàtîô ŝôu bé àéŝŝé tô té Uîvéŝît ôf Wàéŝ Péŝŝ, 10 Côubuŝ Wàk, Bîàtîé Pàçé, Càîff CF10 4UP.

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Té ît ôf té çôtîbutôŝ tô bé îétîfîé àŝ àutôŝ ôf tîŝ ôk àŝ béé àŝŝété î àççôàçé ît ŝéçtîôŝ 77 à 79 ôf té Côpît, Déŝîŝ à Pàtétŝ Açt 1988.

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Itôuçtîô: Défàîîàîŝî Dà 1 Damian Walford Davies Iŝçîptîô à Eàŝué: Mîî fô Wéŝ Dà î té Açîvé 11 Carrie Smith Hô Séét Wàŝ M Vàé: Wî Wôkà à té Wéŝ Iuŝtîà Nôvé 27 Tomos Owen Wàéŝ ôf té Uéxpéçté:Kiss, Kiss 51 Kevin Mills Hôéŝ, Hôîzôŝ à Obîtŝ: Wéŝ Dà à té Aéîà Vîé 67 Richard Marggraf Turley Dà à Dà:Matilda, ‘I Côut Séép’ à Tétîét-çétu Tôpôàpîéŝ ôf Féà 91 Damian Walford Davies ‘Téé îŝ Sôétî Vé Fîŝ àbôut Wàéŝ’: Dà, Iétît, Làuàé 119 Ann Alston and Heather Worthington Dà-î-Wéŝ, Wéŝ Dà: Tàŝàtîô, Réŝébàçé, Dîffééçé 135 Siwan M. Rosser Dà’ŝ Càîff Spàçéŝ 161 Peter Finch

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Exçéptŝ fô té pubîŝé ôk à àuŝçîptŝ ôf Rôà Dà àé quôté b kî péîŝŝîô ôf té fôôî: té Eŝtàté ôf Rôà Dà – © Rôà Dà Nôîéé Lt; Té Rôà Dà Muŝéu à Stô Cété, Géàt Mîŝŝéé; té Dàvî Hîà àéç; Rî Pubîçàtîôŝ (.î.çô.uk); à àŝ ôté béô î té çàŝé ôf îî- vîuà tîtéŝ:

Exçéptŝ fôCharlie and the Chocolate Factoryb Rôà Dà, téxt çôp- ît © 1964, ééé 1992 b Rôà Dà Nôîéé Lîîté. Uŝé b péîŝŝîô ôf Afé A. Kôpf, à îpît ôf Ràô Hôuŝé Cîé’ŝ Bôôkŝ, à îvîŝîô ôf Péuî Ràô Hôuŝé LLC. A îtŝ éŝévé.

Exçéptŝ fôCharlie and the Great Glass Elevator b Rôà Dà, téxt çôpît © 1972, ééé 2000 b Rôà Dà Nôîéé Lîîté. Uŝé b péîŝŝîô ôf Afé A. Kôpf, à îpît ôf Ràô Hôuŝé Cîé’ŝ Bôôkŝ, à îvîŝîô ôf Péuî Ràô Hôuŝé LLC. A îtŝ éŝévé.

Exçéptŝ fôJames and the Giant Peachb Rôà Dà, téxt çôpît © 1961, ééé 1989 b Rôà Dà. Uŝé b péîŝŝîô ôf Afé A. Kôpf, à îpît ôf Ràô Hôuŝé Cîé’ŝ Bôôkŝ, à îvîŝîô ôf Péuî Ràô Hôuŝé LLC. A îtŝ éŝévé.

Exçéptŝ fôMatilda, çôpît © 1988 b Rôà Dà. Uŝé b péîŝŝîô ôf Vîkî Cîé’ŝ Bôôkŝ, à îpît ôf Péuî Yôu Réàéŝ Gôup, à îvîŝîô ôf Péuî Ràô Hôuŝé LLC.

Exçéptŝ fôThe Minpins, çôpît © 1991 b Féîçît Dà à té ôté Exéçutôŝ ôf té Eŝtàté ôf Rôà Dà. Uŝé b péîŝŝîô

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ôf Vîkî Cîé’ŝ Bôôkŝ, à îpît ôf Péuî Yôu Réàéŝ Gôup, à îvîŝîô ôf Péuî Ràô Hôuŝé LLC.

Exçéptŝ fôBoy: Tales of Childhood© 1984 b Rôà Dà. Répîté b péîŝŝîô ôf Fàà, Stàuŝ, à Gîôux, LLC. A Rîtŝ Réŝévé.

Exçéptŝ fôGoing Solo© 1986 b Rôà Dà. Répîté b péîŝ- ŝîô ôf Fàà, Stàuŝ, à Gîôux, LLC. A Rîtŝ Réŝévé.

Exçéptŝ fôThe BFG© 1982 b Rôà Dà. Répîté b péîŝ- ŝîô ôf Fàà, Stàuŝ, à Gîôux, LLC. A Rîtŝ Réŝévé.

I à ôŝt àtéfu tô té fôôî fô téî àvîçé, àŝŝîŝtàçé à ééôŝît: Sî Quétî Bàké fô té çôvé îàé; Càtéîé Buté; Géôîà Gôvé àt Dàvî Hîà; Luké Ké; Eà Sçôfîé; Tô Sôôô; Dôà Stuôçk; à Ràçé Wîté (çôéçtîôŝ ààé à àçîvîŝt àt té Rôà Dà Muŝéu à Stô Cété, Géàt Mîŝŝéé). I àŝô tàk tôŝé Dà àfîçîôàôŝ, Bçà Réç Dàvîéŝ à Cîŝt Réç Dàvîéŝ.

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List of Contributors

Ann AlstonSéîô Léçtué î Eîŝ àt té Uîvéŝît ôf té îŝ Wéŝt ôf Eà, Bîŝtô, éé ŝé ŝpéçîàîŝéŝ î çîé’ŝ îtéàtué. Sé îŝ té àutô ôfThe History of the Family in English Children’s Literature (2008) à àŝ çô-éîtô ôf à çôtîbutô tô té fîŝt çôéçtîô ôf çîtîçà éŝŝàŝ ô Rôà Dà’ŝ çîé’ŝ bôôkŝ,Roald Dahl (Né Càŝébôôkŝ; 2012).

Peter Finchà pôét, péfôé à pŝçôéôàpé. Hé àŝ îŝ bô î Càîff, éé é ŝtî îvéŝ. I îŝ tîé é àŝ béé à ŝôu- téxt àîpuàtô, à îtéà étépééu, à ààzîé éîtô, pubîŝé, bôôkŝéé à, ôé éçét, CEO ôf Açàéî à îtŝ ôé éçét îçààtîô, Lîtéàtué Wàéŝ. Hîŝ bôôkŝ îçué téReal Cardiffŝéîéŝ, Selected Later Poems (2007),Zen Cymruà (2010) Edging The Estuary (2013).Hîŝ ôŝt éçét pubîçàtîô îŝThe Roots Of Rock: From Cardiff To Mississippi And Back(2015). Hîŝ éb ŝîté îŝ .pétéfîç.çô.uk.

Kevin Mills îŝ Pôféŝŝô ôf Eîŝ Lîtéàtué àt té Uîvéŝît ôf Sôut Wàéŝ, éé é téàçéŝ çôuŝéŝ î Itétéxtuàît, Eîŝ Réàîŝŝàçé Lîtéàtué, Nîétéét-çétu Lîtéàtué, à Mt. Wîé pubîŝé ô îtéà téô à Vîçtôîà îtéàtué, é îŝ té àutô ôfJustifying Language: Paul and Contemporary Theory (1995); Approaching Apocalypse: Unveiling Revelation in Victorian Writing (2007); àThe Prodigal Sign: A Parable of Criticism (2009). Téé vôuéŝ ôf îŝ pôét àvé béé pubîŝé b Cîàô Péŝŝ:Fool(2009),Libra (2012) àStations of the Boar(2016).

Tomos Owenéçtuéŝ î té Sçôô ôf Eîŝ Lîtéàtué àt Bàô Uîvéŝît, éé é îŝ Cô-îéçtô ôf té MA î té Lîtéàtuéŝ ôf