Writing Liverpool
Subtitle: essays and interviews
By: edited by Michael Murphy and Deryn Rees-Jones
Contributors: Murphy, Michael, 1965-; Rees-Jones, Deryn
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781846310737
Subjects: English literature -- England -- Liverpool -- History and criticism; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Liverpool (England) -- In literature; Liverpool (England) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Liverpool (England) -- Intellectual life -- 21st century
Description: Featuring interviews and essays from the likes of Alan Bleasdale, Terence Davies, Linda Grant, Roger McGough, Willy Russell, Levi Tafari, and Paul Du Noyer, the book asks if there is a distinctive Liverpool literary voice, and if so, how it can be identified. It locates Liverpool as a city with a complex literary and cultural heritage, charting its ongoing connections and affiliations with Ireland, Wales, and the United States as well as the importance of its working-class culture, particularly arising from its seafaring history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references