"The Fragile Universe of Self': The Other and Identity in the Writing of Alun Lewis
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Abstract
This thesis studies the ongoing construction and negotiation of identity in the writing of Welsh poet and short story writer Alun Lewis. Lewis's writing consistently addresses and responds to an other that both helps to define and seems to undermine the self. This "other" variously takes the shape of the community or nation, the army and the soldier-identity, the beloved, India, and death. In making this argument the thesis makes use of published and unpublished fiction, poetry, and letters.
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| Original language | English |
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| Award date | 2006 |