Constructing Identity in the Poetry of Tony Harrison: Revised and Expanded Edition

By Handley

When, in 1948, Tony Harrison entered Leeds Grammar School as a scholarship boy, he found himself, as Richard Hoggart saw, "at the friction point of two cultures". His schooling introduced him to the "classics"; but it also deprived him of a clear identification with the place where he grew up. His work reflects and explores this tension; and it may be seen, in some ways, as a form of "identity construction."

The book examines key texts such as v. and the School of Eloquence sequence, where this "construction" takes different forms--oscillating between identity as a state, or a process; as continuity, or change; or as the outcome of conformity, or revolt.

This second edition has been extensively revised and includes a new chapter on Harrison's Elegies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631837453
• ISBN13: 9783631837450
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"