num_pages: 277
description: The intriguing and fresh material brought to light in these essays on Malcolm Lowry is sure to stimulate discussion and debate. With the publication of Under the Volcano, Lowry became a cult hero in literary circles on both sides of the Atlantic. This fascinating collection explores the life of the man - including memoirs by people Lowry knew at important stages of his life - and offers critical insight into his writings. The writing discussed includes his novels and poetry, as well as three letters written when he was a schoolboy and undergraduate, and two that he wrote in the last months of his troubled life. The essays in A Darkness That Murmured focus on a variety of the literary manifestations of Lowry's tortured sexuality; notions of 'degeneracy' and 'degeneration' using the contemporary theories of Havelock Ellis; Lowry's travel fiction as the expression of 'intellectual migration' across class barriers; and 'anxiety of influence' and the critical problem of Lowry's plagiarism. These essays, while diverse in approach and content, hang together remarkably well - this is not only a collection of excellent essays but an excellent collection of essays. An essential addition to Lowry studies, this volume will captivate Lowry specialists and general readers alike.
language: English
title: A Darkness That Murmured: Essays on Malcolm Lowry and the Twentieth Century
titlecomplete: A Darkness That Murmured: Essays on Malcolm Lowry and the Twentieth Century
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr