1.Origins 2. Myth and Hughes’s Context 3. Looking For a Voice: The Hawk in the Rain, Lupercal, Wodwo 4. The Body as Prisoner: Senca’s Oedipus, Orghast, Crow, Cave Birds 5. Keeping Faith with the World of Things: Gaudete, Mooretown Season Songs, Remains of Elmet 6. Conclusion: What is the Truth? River
Biography
Thomas West taught at the University of East Anglia from 1977 to 1983. He was Guest Professor at the University of Paris (X) Nanterre. He is the author of Symbolism as well as articles on literature, translation theory and contemporary art history.
Original Review of Malcolm Lowry:
‘An engaged and energetic survey of Lowry’s work, concentrating largely on Under the Volcan but also usefully discussing the rest of the corpus, especially the early short stories…Binns offers an admirable condensed spy-hole onto Lowry’s work.’ Malcolm Lowry Review
