A concise and authoritative survey of the Welsh- and English-language literatures of Wales from the earliest period up to the present day. This illustrated guide, containing extracts from original texts with English translations, is a revised version of Professor Dafydd Johnston’s volume in the University of Wales Press Pocket Guide series, and includes a new chapter on contemporary writing.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Literature of Wales provides a concise and informative guide to Welsh literature from the earliest surviving poetry of Taliesin and Aneirin in the sixth centurythe oldest attested vernacular literature in Europe. The book traces the flowering of medieval Welsh literature and the developments of the Renaissance period in Wales up to the Welsh literary revival of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which also saw the rapid burgeoning of 'Anglo-Welsh' writing - literature in English written out of a Welsh background. It concludes by surveying the contemporary situation in the literatures of both languages. Dafydd Johnston here gives a balanced critical assessment relating the literature to its historical background. Numerous extracts translated from Welsh and quotations in English give the general reader a taste of the richness of Welsh literature. A concise and authoritative survey of both the Welsh- and English-language literatures of Wales from the earliest period up to the present day. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781786830210
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Condition: New. A concise and authoritative survey of both the Welsh- and English-language literatures of Wales from the earliest period up to the present day. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; 2AFW; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198. . . 2017. 2nd Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781786830210