A Manifold Voice

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William Walsh, whose literary criticism according to Professor David Daiches 'includes some of the best now being written in this country', turns a sensitive and perceptive regard upon a number of writers working in English but in traditions outside those of Britain and the United States. He succeeds in illustrating the extraordinary capacity of the English language to express sensibilities as varied as the Australian and the West Indian, the Canadian and the African, the Indian and the New Zealand. At the same time he offers an answer to the question: which of the writers in the Commonwealth have made a significant and creative contribution to the canon of English literature. The book includes brilliant studies of such major writers as Patrick White, V. S. Naipaul, R. K. Narayan and Katherine Mansfield, as well as of others like Nirad G. Ghaudhuri, A. D. Hope, Ghinua Achebe, who are less known but who are all serious, representative and worthwhile. This book extends our knowledge... Tovább

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William Walsh, whose literary criticism according to Professor David Daiches 'includes some of the best now being written in this country', turns a sensitive and perceptive regard upon a number of writers working in English but in traditions outside those of Britain and the United States. He succeeds in illustrating the extraordinary capacity of the English language to express sensibilities as varied as the Australian and the West Indian, the Canadian and the African, the Indian and the New Zealand. At the same time he offers an answer to the question: which of the writers in the Commonwealth have made a significant and creative contribution to the canon of English literature. The book includes brilliant studies of such major writers as Patrick White, V. S. Naipaul, R. K. Narayan and Katherine Mansfield, as well as of others like Nirad G. Ghaudhuri, A. D. Hope, Ghinua Achebe, who are less known but who are all serious, representative and worthwhile. This book extends our knowledge of the energy and range of literature in English and adds a new dimension to our understanding of the Commonwealth. There is a great deal of delicate and exact criticism and the writing is lucid and eloquent. A Manifold Voice will be a source of enlightenment both to students of Commonwealth writing and to the many general readers who are becoming increasingly conscious of work in English now being produced throughout the world. Vissza