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Roald Dahl: Wales of the Unexpected
D Walford-Davies
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Paperback. 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'. Editor(s): Davies, Damian Walford. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Wales, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783169405
SKU
V9781783169405
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Ref
99-15
About D Walford-Davies
Damian Walford Davies is Professor of English and Head of the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University.
Reviews for Roald Dahl: Wales of the Unexpected
An intriguing and readable collection of essays that shines remarkable light into Roald Dahl s complex and unexpected Welsh hinterland.
Donald Sturrock, Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl An intriguing and readable collection of essays that shines remarkable light into Roald Dahl's complex and unexpected Welsh hinterland.
Donald Sturrock, Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl Through the ... Read more
Donald Sturrock, Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl An intriguing and readable collection of essays that shines remarkable light into Roald Dahl's complex and unexpected Welsh hinterland.
Donald Sturrock, Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl Through the ... Read more