This volume is unique in offering a comprehensive discussion of the subject. It will appeal widely to medievalists, to Welsh and Celtic scholars and to those non-specialists who have felt the fascination of the figure of Arthur and wish to know more.Little, if anything, is known historically of Arthur, yet for centuries the romances of Arthur and his court dominated the imaginative literature of Europe in many languages. The roots of this vast flowering of the Arthurian legend are to be found in early Welsh tradition and this volume gives an account of the Arthurian literature produced in...
This volume is unique in offering a comprehensive discussion of the subject. It will appeal widely to medievalists, to Welsh and Celtic scholars and t...
Born in Trefechan, Aberystwyth in 1932, Herbert Williams is one of Wales s most celebrated and distinguished writers. In this engaging book part biography, part critical reader Phil Carradice leads readers on an extended tour of Williams s prolific career, touching on Williams s motivations for writing and assessing the literary significance of his numerous works of biography, fiction, poetry, and history. What results is not just the tale of one man s struggle to express his emotions through his writing but also a revealing inquiry into how and why writers write."
Born in Trefechan, Aberystwyth in 1932, Herbert Williams is one of Wales s most celebrated and distinguished writers. In this engaging book part bi...
Born early in the twelfth century, Geoffrey of Monmouth was a clergyman who played a central role in the development and spread of the Arthurian legend from Britain to medieval Europe. But his works, both his "History of the Kings of Britain "and his "Life of Merlin," go far beyond King Arthur and his court: these works presented, for the first time, a coherent and proud account of Britain s early history, from its founding to its eclipse at the hands of the Anglo-Saxons.
The present volume provides an accessible account of the life and times of this extremely influential medieval...
Born early in the twelfth century, Geoffrey of Monmouth was a clergyman who played a central role in the development and spread of the Arthurian le...
Kate Roberts (1891 1985) is unquestionably the most important woman writer to have emerged from Wales, but she remains little known outside the region. This volume tracks Roberts s life from her poverty-stricken childhood through her time as a teacher in the South Wales valleys and her novel-writing and later political work. It will serve as both an introduction to her work for readers who are unable to read it in the original Welsh, and as a valuable critical aid for Welsh students and pupils who encounter her work in courses and Welsh language and literature."
Kate Roberts (1891 1985) is unquestionably the most important woman writer to have emerged from Wales, but she remains little known outside the reg...
Certain simple and stereotypical images of Wales strike an immediate chord with the public, both in Wales itself and beyond its borders. The first monograph to explore this period in Welsh history, The Nations of Wales argues that several competing images of Welshness were put in circulation during the Victorian and Edwardian decades, and proceeds to examine several of the most influential of these as they took the form of literary texts. With this book, M. Wynn Thomas opens up a period in Welsh cultural history that has been almost completely overlooked.
Certain simple and stereotypical images of Wales strike an immediate chord with the public, both in Wales itself and beyond its borders. The first mon...
The first book-length study of the work of the bilingual Welsh poet and novelist Christopher Meredith, best-known for his depiction of post-industrial south-east Wales.
The first book-length study of the work of the bilingual Welsh poet and novelist Christopher Meredith, best-known for his depiction of post-industrial...
