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Storey, David (Malcolm)
Storey, David (Malcolm) (1933– ), novelist and playwright, the son of a Yorkshire miner; he was educated at the Slade School of Fine Art. He worked as professional footballer, teacher, farm worker, and erector of show tents, acquiring a variety of experience which is evident in his works. His first novel, This Sporting Life (1960), describes the ambitions and passions of a young working man, Arthur Machin, a Rugby League player who becomes emotionally involved with his landlady. This was followed by other novels including Flight into Camden (1960), about the unhappy affair of a miner's daughter with a married teacher; Radcliffe (1963), a sombre, violent, Lawrentian novel about class conflict, the Puritan legacy, and destructive homosexual passion; and Saville (1976, Booker Prize), an epic set in a South Yorkshire mining village. Meanwhile Storey had also established himself as a playwright, with such works as In Celebration (1969); The Contractor (1970); Home (1970), set in a mental home; The Changing Room (1971), again using Rugby League as a setting; Life Class (1974), set in an art college; and Mother's Day (1976), a violent black comedy set on a housing estate. Both plays and novels show a preoccupation with social mobility and the mental disturbance it frequently appears to cause, and an interesting and challenging combination of documentary naturalism with a sense of the symbolic and unspoken. Later works include the plays Sisters (1978) and The March on Russia (1989) and Present Times (1984), a novel. A collection of poems, Storey's Lives, appeared in 1992.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Storey, David (Malcolm)." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Storey, David (Malcolm)." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-StoreyDavidMalcolm.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Storey, David (Malcolm)." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-StoreyDavidMalcolm.html |
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David Storey
David Storey (David Malcolm Storey), 1933–, English novelist and playwright, b. Wakefield, Yorkshire. His first novel, This Sporting Life (1960), was a disguised autobiography about the brutalization of a man who has no choice other than to play Rugby league football. His best-known play, Home (1971), set in an old people's asylum, also shows how people need exceptional strength to break free of environment and conventions. Other plays include The Restoration of Arthur Middleton (1966), The Contractor (1971), The Changing Room (1972), Life Class (1975), and Mother's Day (1977). Storey's other novels include Pasmore (1974), Saville (1976), which won the Booker Prize, A Prodigal Child (1982), and Present Times (1984).
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"David Storey." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "David Storey." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Storey-D.html "David Storey." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Storey-D.html |
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Storey, David
Storey, David (1933– ) English novelist and dramatist. Storey's debut novel, This Sporting Life (1960), explored his favourite themes of class conflict and alienation. Radcliffe (1963) is perhaps his best-known work. Storey won the Booker Prize for Saville (1976). His plays include Home (1970).
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"Storey, David." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Storey, David." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-StoreyDavid.html "Storey, David." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-StoreyDavid.html |
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