All Outputs (14)

“Goulash socialism” vs feminism? Beauvoir in Hungary (2023)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U., & Naray-Davey, S. (2023). “Goulash socialism” vs feminism? Beauvoir in Hungary. In J. Bullock, & P. Henry-Tierney (Eds.), Translating Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex: Transnational Framing, Interpretation, and Impact (83-104). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003363767-7

This chapter seeks to illuminate the ways in which cultural and historical conditions in Hungary have made aspects of Beauvoir’s thought less legible in the socialist and post-socialist context. Setting out these conditions, the chapter goes on to in... Read More about “Goulash socialism” vs feminism? Beauvoir in Hungary.

Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary (2017)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2017). Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary. In L. Boldrini, & J. Novak (Eds.), Experiments in Life-Writing : Intersections of Auto/Biography and Fiction (249-272). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55414-3_11

This chapter offers a practice-based account of a biography-in-process. It unfolds a narrative of 'accidental experiment', as attempts to write a conventional literary biography of Cary (1584 – 1639) foundered. That is to say, the project did not set... Read More about Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary.

Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary (2017)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2017). Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary. In Experiments in Life-Writing (249-272). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55414-3

This chapter offers a practice-based account of a biography-in-progress. When attempts to write a conventional literary biography of Renaissance playwright Elizabeth Cary (1584–1639) foundered, I developed an experimental form in order to accommodate... Read More about Custom-Breaker : writing the life of Elizabeth Cary.

"Description" (2017)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2017). "Description". In R. Graham (Ed.), How to Write A Short Story (And Think About It). Palgrave Macmillan

Writers have been creating virtual realities since before computers were even dreamed of. Good fiction conjures an alternative world, gives you a window into someone else’s life, takes you somewhere other. Above all, it’s convincing. Effective descri... Read More about "Description".

Standing on deep shale : the problem of originality (2012)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2012). Standing on deep shale : the problem of originality. In P. Perry (Ed.), Beyond the Workshop (85-104). Kingston upon Thames: Kingston University Press

Writers are often plagued by the apparent impossibility of saying something new, finding a unique voice; how to add something worthwhile to the almost infinite body of pre-existing literature? We stand at the edge of a vast uncharted sea – the unform... Read More about Standing on deep shale : the problem of originality.

All the love in the world (2011)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2011). All the love in the world. In Balancing Act and Other Poems. Abercynon: Leaf Books

This poem was commended in the Leaf Books poetry competition 2011, and published in the winners' anthology, entitled Balancing Act and Other Poems.

Two poems : 'In her sunporch' and 'Her garden, my lure' (2010)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2010). Two poems : 'In her sunporch' and 'Her garden, my lure'. In R. Loydell (Ed.), From Hepworth's Garden Out (27 and 34). Exeter: Shearsman

Selected for publication in the Shearsman poetry anthology themed around painters and St Ives.

Heartwood (2010)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2010). Heartwood. In Loose Leaves Unbound Press Literary Competition (27-34). Glasgow: Unbound Press

The creative text that I wrote as part of my PhD thesis won first prize for the best first chapter in the international writing prize, non-fiction category, run by Unbound Press in 2010.

Belong (2010)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2010). Belong. In Foresight with Hindsight and More Memoirs (69-72). Abercynon: Leaf Books

1000 word 'flash' memoir, commended in the Leaf Books Memoir Competition.

Hurling up (that wall) (2008)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2008). Hurling up (that wall). In A. Corkish (Ed.), Liverpool Poets (97-97). Liverpool: Erbacce Press

Poem within an anthology containing the work of 33 Liverpudlian poets.

A floating flower (2008)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2008). A floating flower. In A. Corkish (Ed.), Liverpool Poets (42-43). Liverpool: Erbacce Press

Poem within an anthology containing the work of 33 Liverpudlian poets.

Realisation (2008)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2008). Realisation. In A. Corkish (Ed.), Liverpool Poets (66-66). Liverpool: Erbacce Press

Poem within an anthology containing the work of 33 Liverpudlian poets.

When the mind is quiet (2008)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2008). When the mind is quiet. In A. Corkish (Ed.), Liverpool poets (34-34). Liverpool: Erbacce Press

Poem within an anthology containing the work of 33 Liverpudlian poets.

Description (2006)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U. (2006). Description. In R. Graham (Ed.), How to Write Fiction (And Think About It). Palgrave Macmillan