Root and Branch: A critical commentary on the representation of masculinities in the novels of contemporary Welsh women writers in English

Walton, Robert 2017. Root and Branch: A critical commentary on the representation of masculinities in the novels of contemporary Welsh women writers in English. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University. Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

This submission for the candidature of Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing consists of a novel that is in many ways concerned with masculinity as well as other facets of individual identity - family, class, nationality, social and political allegiance - and a critical commentary that examines the representation of masculinity in the novels of a number of contemporary Welsh women writers in English. Together, these two components of the thesis explore the contestability of male status, behaviour and values when the established patriarchal models are in a condition of terminal decline - which I believe to be the case, however much it sometimes appears that the forces of reaction are holding out.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Date Type:	Completion
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Additional Information:	A hard copy version of this PhD thesis, comprising the novel, is kept in the Arts and Social Studies Library. Library Use Only.
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	23 May 2017
Last Modified:	14 Dec 2022 02:21
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/100799

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