Remaking the Voyage - New Essays on Malcolm Lowry and 'In Ballast to the White Sea' (Hardcover)

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. 'Who ever thought they would one day be able to read Malcolm Lowry's fabled novel of the 1930s and 40s, In Ballast to the White Sea? Lord knows, I didn't' - Michael Hofmann, TLS This book breaks new ground in studies of the British novelist Malcolm Lowry (1909-57), as the first collection of new essays produced in response to the publication in 2014 of a scholarly edition of Lowry's 'lost' novel, In Ballast to the White Sea. In their introduction, editors Helen Tookey and Bryan Biggs show how the publication of In Ballast sheds new light on Lowry as both a highly political writer and one deeply influenced by his native Merseyside, as his protagonist Sigbjorn Hansen-Tarnmoor walks the streets of Liverpool, wrestling with his own conscience and with pressing questions of class, identity and social reform. In the chapters that follow, renowned Lowry scholars and newer voices explore key aspects of the novel and its relation to the wider contexts of Lowry's work. These include his complex relation to socialism and communism, the symbolic value of Norway, and the significance of tropes of loss, hauntings and doublings. The book draws on the unexpected opportunity offered by the rediscovery of In Ballast to look afresh at Lowry's oeuvre, to 'remake the voyage'.

General

Imprint:	Liverpool University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 86
Release date:	July 2020
Editors:	Helen Tookey • Bryan Biggs
Dimensions:	239 x 163mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-78962-183-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Promotions
LSN:	1-78962-183-6
Barcode:	9781789621839

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