Rediscovering Margiad Evans

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This collection of essays rediscovers and reassesses the extraordinary literary legacy of the border writer, Margiad Evans (1909-48) - novelist, poet, short story writer and autobiographer.
1. Kirsti Bohata and Katie Gramich, Introduction
2. Ceridwen Lloyd Morgan, The Archivist's Tale: primary sources for the study of Margiad Evans
3. Diana Wallace, 'Two nations at war within it': marriage as metaphor in Margiad Evans's Country Dance
4. Lucy Thomas, ‘Born to a million dismemberments’: female hybridity in the border writing of Margiad Evans, Hilda Vaughan and Mary Webb
5. Katie Gramich, Gothic Borderlands: the hauntology of place in the fiction of Margiad Evans
6. Tony Brown, Time, Memory and Identity in the Short Stories of Margiad Evans
7. M. Wynn Thomas, Margiad Evans and Eudora Welty: a confluence of imaginations
8. Kirsti Bohata, The Apparitional Lover: homoerotic and lesbian imagery in the writing of Margiad Evans’
9. Andrew Larner, A ‘Herstory’ of Epilepsy in a Creative Writer: the case of Margiad Evans
10. Karen Caesar, Warding off the Real: The recreation of self in Autobiography and A Ray of Darkness
11. Clare Morgan, 'The Human Tune': Margiad Evans and the frustrating fifties
12. Sue Asbee, ‘Not quite every character is a living person in this story. And not quite the reverse.’ Margiad Evans: Memory, fiction and autobiography
13. Moira Dearnley, ‘Eternity is now my mood’: a view of the later writings of Margiad Evans

Sujets

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

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 février 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780708325612
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Gender Studies in Wales

Rediscovering Margiad Evans

Marginality, Gender and Illness

Edited by Kirsti Bohata and Katie Gramich

University of Wales Press

R E D I S C OV E R I N G M A RG I A D E VA N S

Gender Studies in Wales Astudiaethau Rhywedd yng Nghymru

Series Editors Jane Aaron, University of Glamorgan Brec’hed Piette, Bangor University Sian Rhiannon Williams, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Series Advisory Board Deirdre Beddoe, Emeritus Professor Mihangel Morgan, Aberystwyth University Teresa Rees, Cardiff University

The aim of this series is to fill a current gap in knowledge. As a number of historians, sociologists and literary critics have for some time been pointing out, there is a dearth of published research on the characteristics and effects of gender difference in Wales, both as it affected lives in the past and as it continues to shape present-day experience. Socially constructed concepts of masculine and feminine difference influence every aspect of individuals’ lives; experiences in employment, in education, in culture and politics, as well as in personal relationships, are all shaped by them. Ethnic identities are also gendered; a country’s history affects its concepts of gender differ- ence so that what is seen as appropriately ‘masculine’ or ‘feminine’ varies within different cultures. What is needed in the Welsh context is more detailed research on the ways in which gender difference has operated and continues to operate within Welsh societies. Accordingly, this interdisciplinary and bilingual series of volumes on Gender Studies in Wales, authored by academics who are leaders in their particular fields of study, is designed to explore the diverse aspects of male and female identities in Wales, past and present. The series is bilingual, in the sense that some of its intended volumes will be in Welsh and some in English.

R E D I S C OV E R I N G M A RG I A D E VA N S

Marginality, Gender and Illness

Edited by

Kirsti Bohata and Katie Gramich

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS CARDIFF 2013

© The Contributors, 2013

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Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors

 1 Introduction Kirsti Bohata and Katie Gramich

 2 The Archivist’s Tale: Primary Sources for the Study of Margiad Evans Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan

 3 ‘Two Nations at War Within it’: Marriage as Metaphor in Margiad Evans’sCountry Dance(1932) Diana Wallace

 4 ‘Born to a Million Dismemberments’: Female Hybridity in the Border Writing of Margiad Evans, Hilda Vaughan and Mary Webb Lucy Thomas

 5 Gothic Borderlands: The Hauntology of Place in the Fiction of Margiad Evans Katie Gramich

 6 Time, Memory and Identity in the Short Stories of Margiad Evans Tony Brown

 7 Margiad Evans and Eudora Welty: A Confluence of Imaginations M. Wynn Thomas

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 8 The Apparitional Lover: Homoerotic and Lesbian Imagery in the Writing of Margiad Evans Kirsti Bohata

 9 A ‘Herstory’ of Epilepsy in a Creative Writer: The Case of Margiad Evans A. J. Larner

10 Warding off the Real: The Recreation of Self in AutobiographyandA Ray of Darkness Karen Caesar

11 ‘The Human Tune’: Margiad Evans and the Frustrating Fifties Clare Morgan

12 Margiad Evans: Memory, Fiction and Autobiography Sue Asbee

13 ‘Eternity is Now my Mood’: A View of the Later Writings of Margiad Evans Moira Dearnley

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Acknowledgements

The editors are immensely grateful to Cassandra Davis for permis- sion to quote from the unpublished works and private writing of Margiad Evans. We are indebted to Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan for her involvement in setting up the Margiad Evans Centenary Conference, which formed the impetus for this book and, most importantly, for her willingness to act as unofficial adviser and consultant on count- less matters of fact related to Margiad Evans’s life, work and archives. Our task as editors has been considerably lightened by her invaluable support. Warm thanks also to Jim Pratt, the nephew of Margiad Evans, whose energy and infectious enthusiasm was an important driving force during Kirsti Bohata’s organisation of the conference in 2009. Thanks also to the staff of the National Library of Wales for their support for this event, in practical terms and in kind, including the creation of a small exhibition of some of the Margiad Evans manuscripts from their collections. The editors would like to thank the editorial and production staff at the University of Wales Press and gratefully acknowledge publishing subventions from the University of Cardiff and the Welsh Books Council.