Though the Eisteddfod continues to gain popularity with the help of the recent Bardic revival inside and outside of Wales, the radical activist who shared its patriotism, Iolo Morganwg, has been all but forgotten. In "The Literary and Historical Legacy of Iolo Morganwg (1826 1926)," the writings of this influential antiquarian, poet, literary forger, and collector are presented in extended selections that give the reader the opportunity to study key texts of this exciting period in Welsh history. In this appealing study of Iolo s life and work, the author charts the public reception and...
Though the Eisteddfod continues to gain popularity with the help of the recent Bardic revival inside and outside of Wales, the radical activist who sh...
The French Revolution inflamed public opinion in Wales just as it did throughout the world."Welsh Responses to the French Revolution" delves into the mass of periodical and serial literature published in Wales between 1789 and 1802 to reveal the range of radical, loyalist, and patriotic Welsh responses to the Revolution and the Revolutionary Wars. This anthology presents an English-language selection of poetry and prose published in the annual Welsh almanacs, the English provincial newspapers published close to Wales s border, and the three radical Welsh periodicals of the mid-1790s, all...
The French Revolution inflamed public opinion in Wales just as it did throughout the world."Welsh Responses to the French Revolution" delves into t...
