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Toi: a novel (2020)
Thesis
Coquaz, A. L. N. (2020). Toi: a novel. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis explores two sets of relationships: “mother tongue”/second language and mother/daughter.
My novel acts these out simultaneously: my main characters are a mother and a daughter and the tensions between them are played out in their relatio... Read More about Toi: a novel.

Beyond the Five Towns: a re-evaluation of Arnold Bennett (2020)
Thesis
Scragg, H. L. (2020). Beyond the Five Towns: a re-evaluation of Arnold Bennett. (Thesis). Keele University

‘I have a great deal to say, and I mean to say it. As for my work being taken seriously, we shall see about that’.
Arnold Bennett, 1909
(Bennett, letter to Pinker dated 17 May 1909, in Letters, Vol. I, p. 123.)

Arnold Bennett occupies a somewha... Read More about Beyond the Five Towns: a re-evaluation of Arnold Bennett.

A poet prepares: persona, process, and performance in the poetry of Anne Sexton (2020)
Thesis
Bailey, D. (2020). A poet prepares: persona, process, and performance in the poetry of Anne Sexton. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/416235

This thesis represents the first sustained examination of Sexton’s early and unpublished poetry, which was written between 1956 and 1960. Additionally, it also represents the first detailed scholarly attempt to discuss Sexton’s creative practice in r... Read More about A poet prepares: persona, process, and performance in the poetry of Anne Sexton.