Publisher's Synopsis
Focusing on Joyce Cary's novel, "The Horse's Mouth", this volume aims to provide an understanding of the novel's multiple intertexts (Blake, other artists, socio-political and feminist issues). It also examines the novel's interdisciplinary approach and narrative technique which make possible a different reading of the novel. Material from the Osborn Collection of Joyce Cary Manuscripts (included as an appendix) seeks to clarify his working process and choice of intertexts.