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A History of Welsh Literature

Book by Thomas D. Parry, H. Idris Bell; Clarendon Press, 1955

Subjects:

Welsh Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

A HISTORY OF WELSH LITERATURE A HISTORY OF WELSH LITERATURE BY THOMAS D. PARRYLitt. TRANSLATED FROM THE WELSH...and of the author himself, but all earlier works on Welsh literature were either summary sketches, like that in the Encyclopaedia...
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Between Languages: The Uncooperative Text in Early Welsh and Old English Nature Poetry

Book by Sarah Lynn Higley; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993

Subjects:

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, In Literature, Civilization, Celtic, In Literature, Civilization, Medieval, In Literature, English Poetry--Old English, Ca. 450-1100--Criticism, Textual, Literature, Comparative--English (Old) And Welsh, Literature, Comparative--Welsh And English (Old), Nature In Literature, Paleography, English, Paleography, Welsh, Welsh Poetry--To 1100--Criticism, Textual

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Comparative -- English Old and Welsh. 3. Literature, Comparative -- Welsh and...areas far removed from Early Welsh or Old English literature, but I soon discovered that...Very many longer poems in Welsh literature, and not a few even of the...
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A Century of Welsh Myth in Children's Literature

Book by Donna R. White; Greenwood Press, 1998

Subjects:

Alexander, Lloyd--Knowledge--Mythology, Children's Stories, American--History And Criticism, Children's Stories, English--History And Criticism, Children--Books And Reading--English-Speaking Countries, Fantasy Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Fantasy Fiction, English--History And Criticism, Garner, Alan--1934---Owl Service, Lanier, Sidney--1842-1881--Knowledge--Mythology, Mabinogion, Morris, Kenneth--1879-1937--Book Of The Three Dragons, Mythology, Celtic--Wales, Mythology, Welsh, In Literature, Wales--In Literature

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...Lloyd-Knowledge-Mythology. 9. American literature-Welsh influences. 10. English literature-Welsh influences. 11. Mythology, Welsh, in...exhibiting the worst characteristics of Welsh literature, abounding in extravagance, in wildness...
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Let's Do Our Best for the Ancient Tongue: The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century

Book by Geraint H. Jenkins, Mari A. Williams; University of Wales Press, 2000

Subjects:

Wales--Civilization, Welsh Language--20th Century, Welsh Language--History, Welsh Language--Social Aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...D Densil Morgan 371 11 Welsh Literature since 1914 R Gerallt Jones...One: Essays on Welsh and Anglo-Welsh Literature, (Llandybie, 1971), p. 79. Gwyn...intelligentsia (Is there an Anglo-Welsh Literature? asked Saunders Lewis sardonically...
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Illuminations: An Anthology of Welsh Short Prose

Book by Meic Stephens; Welsh Academic Press, 1998

Subjects:

Wales--Civilization, Welsh Prose Literature--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...ysgrif, since it differs in some important respects from its English counterpart was a late arrival in modern Welsh literature. It may have had forerunners in the latter part of the nineteenth century, in the primarily didactic work of certain...

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Spirit and Flesh in Twentieth-Century Welsh Poetry: A Comparison of the Work of D. Gwenallt Jones and Pennar Davies

Journal article by D. Densil Morgan; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 56, 2007

Subjects:

Davies, Pennar--Criticism and interpretation, Davies, Pennar--Works, Jones, Glyn--Criticism and interpretation, Jones, Glyn--Works, Welsh poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Welsh poetry--Works, Welsh writers

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Bombing School"--had made on Welsh literature up to that time. Penyberth in...latest avant-guard ideas into Welsh literature. The most significant poem in...Two: Essays on Welsh and Anglo-Welsh Literature. Eds. Sam Adams and Gwilym Rees...
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Welsh Writing in English

Journal article by David Lloyd Wales; World Literature Today, Vol. 66, 1992

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...what the future holds for Anglo-Welsh literature, but also on how this literature...nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Welsh literature in all genres continues to...Welsh language, and so preserve Welsh literature and culture, continues, though...
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The 'Stanzas of the Months': Maxims from Late Medieval Wales

Journal article by Nicolas Jacobs; Medium Aevum, Vol. 70, 2001

Subjects:

Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Englynion y Misoedd (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetry, Medieval--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Time in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Welsh--Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Cennard Davies, in A Guide to Welsh Literature, III: c.1530-1700, ed. R. Geraint...Nesta Lloyd, in A Guide to Welsh Literature, III, 114-19. The work was published...Arthurian Legend in Medieval Welsh Literature, ed. Rachel Bromwich, A. O...
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Inside and Outside: Fact and Fiction in 'Fouke le Fitz Waryn.'

Journal article by Roger Pensom; Medium Aevum, Vol. 63, 1994

Subjects:

Fouke le Fitz Waryn (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature and history--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature, Medieval--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Welsh--Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...an important part in Anglo-Welsh border history: They fought...listeners. The secondary literature reveals that critical interest...Anglo-Norman and Middle English Literature (Berkeley, Calif., 1986), pp...Paris, 1909), p. 23. (9) The Welsh march was unique . . . in that...
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The 'Loyal Unknown Soldier': Wales and the English Civil War: Robin Evans Assesses the Contribution of the Welsh to the Troubles of 1642-49

Journal article by Robin Evans; History Review, 2005

Subjects:

British history--17th century AD, English Civil War, 1642-1649--History, Wales--Military aspects, Wales--Political aspects, Welsh history--17th century AD

Collections: History, Entire Library

...James Howell had witnessed the 30 Years War and the fear of war and its disastrous effects influenced the literature of the time. The Welsh were equally aware that war had proved disastrous to the people of Ireland. Of course the gentrys fears...

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We're Talking Welsh, My Boyo, and I Don't Mean Irvine

Magazine article by Adrian Mourby; New Statesman, Vol. 125, July 12, 1996

Subjects:

Authors, English--Wales, English fiction--Welsh authors, Literature and society--Wales, Wales--Art

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...banner that proclaims "English is a Welsh Language". But as C H Sisson has pointed out: "A literature is always the literature of a language, not of a nation state...cannot identify the Welshness of a Welsh writer who writes in English. That...
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The Underground Men: Some Find True Freedom When They Are Confined; Others, like Saddam Hussein, Meet Their Nemesis. from Dickens through Dostoevsky to Beckett, the Hole in Literature Has Become a Metaphor for Isolation, a Place of Safety or Danger, a Sanctuary or a Prison

Magazine article by Jason Cowley; New Statesman, Vol. 132, January 12, 2004

Subjects:

Imprisonment--Portrayals, Literature--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...cell or lost underground. In childrens literature, the hole is at once a place of fear...where Hazel Woodus, the daughter of a Welsh gypsy mother and a father who is a beekeeper...actual (as opposed to metaphoric) prison literature? A book such as Brian Keenans An Evil...
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The Future of the British Isles

Magazine article by Raymond Tong; Contemporary Review, Vol. 278, June 2001

Subjects:

Autonomy--Planning, British--Political activity, Decentralization in government--Planning, Irish--Political activity, Scots--Political activity, United Kingdom--Politics and government, Welsh--Political activity

Collections: Entire Library

...take greater pride in their own culture, in their eloquent language and in their own unique literature. Moreover, from an economic point of view, the Welsh economy could in future be organised entirely in terms of its own population. There is little...
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Do Not Go Gentle: Dylan Thomas Died 50 Years Ago This Month. during This Year, He Has Become the Unlikely Symbol of a Confident, Outward-Looking, Modern Wales

Magazine article by Andrew Lycett; New Statesman, Vol. 132, December 1, 2003

Subjects:

Nationalism, Thomas, Dylan--Appreciation, Thomas, Dylan--Influence, Under Milk Wood (Play)--Performances

Collections: Entire Library

...Under Milk Wood--the only work of Welsh literature considered to have Continent-wide...presented to the winner by the ECs Welsh-born vice president Neil Kinnock...Jones overall. It is a tale of the Welsh nation feeling much more at ease...
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Celtic Creatures - A Bestiary of Ancient Ireland

Magazine article by Steenie Harvey; World and I, Vol. 15, June 2000

Subjects:

Animals, Mythical--Portrayals, Book of Kells (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, Ireland--Myths and legends, Mythical animals--Portrayals

Collections: Entire Library

...Mad Sweeneys counterpart in early Welsh literature is Myrddin Wyllt, who flees to...and crows. Their appearance in literature almost always heralds the grim...they were a kind of fish. The Welsh chronicler had a torrid imagination...

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Rediscovering the Forgotten Classics of Welsh Literature

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 4, 2006

Subjects:

Wales. National Assembly

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Rediscovering the Forgotten Classics of Welsh Literature. Byline: By ANDREW BRYSON Western Mail Five...tranche will be just the beginning of a revival for Welsh literature. He said, We are looking to bring back five books...
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Books: Awakening a Giant of Welsh Literature; JOHN JONES REVIEWS SOME OF LATEST BOOKS TO HIT THE SHELVES

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 14, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Books: Awakening a Giant of Welsh Literature; JOHN JONES REVIEWS SOME OF...Roberts was the dominant figure of Welsh-language literature in the 20th century, famed for...1950s. Set in a tight-knit, Welsh-speaking community, it deals...
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For the First Time since the War Welsh Writing Is Attracting the Attention It Deserves. We Now Value Our Literature

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 20, 2005

Subjects:

Finch, Peter

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...we now value our literature. But it wasnt...Fifty years ago Welsh writing in English...track record of the Welsh Assembly Government for support for literature has to date been...Hay Festival of Literature take a greater role in promoting Welsh writing in English...
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BEING Welsh; Irvine Welsh Has Carved a Name for Himself as a Controversial Author Ever since Trainspotting, a Story of Drug Addiction and Lowlife, Burst on the Literary Scene in the Mid-1990s. Now He Is Turning His Sights to Wales with a New BBC Production. Tomos Livingstone Talks to Welsh about Social Awareness, Safe Sex and the Cardiff City Soul Crew

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 21, 2003

Subjects:

British Broadcasting Corp., Broadcasting, Broadcasting industry, Welsh, Irvine

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Daily Telegraph too. So is the 41-year-old enfant terrible of literature settling down and leaving drugs and rock and roll behind...his latest projects is enough to convince anyone that the old Welsh is alive and well. Welsh has co-written a drama for BBC Wales...
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MacGOWAN'S 10HR BOOZE BINGE ROW; EXCLUSIVE Wild Rocker Shane Clashes with Author Welsh in Pub It Was Just One of Those Mad Nights - WRITER OLAF TYARANSEN YESTERDAY

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), September 30, 2004

Subjects:

Welsh, Irvine

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...book contains lengthy interviews with some of the biggest stars of music and literature including Robbie Williams, Sex And The City creator Candace Bushnell and Welsh. Tyaransen, 33, last night refused to discuss the incident but admitted "a...

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Welsh Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

WELSH LITERATURE literary writings in the Welsh language. Early Works The earliest Welsh literature is preserved in about half a dozen...Poetry (1953); T. Parry, A History of Welsh Literature (1955); I. Williams, The Beginnings...
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Celtic Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

CELTIC LITERATURE see Breton literature ; Cornish literature ; Gaelic literature ; Welsh literature . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed...
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English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...figures of 20th-century English literature were not English; Shaw, Yeats...were Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, T. S. Eliot was born an American...not a great period of English literature, it produced a variety of excellent...postwar British authors were the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and the...
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Gaelic Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...sons of Usnech, the tragedy of Deirdre . This early Celtic literature is characterized by a simplicity and terseness of style interspersed...ballad . Its ideal hero is Finn, the Irish counterpart of the Welsh Arthur. The Fenian cycle begins with the composition of the...
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Aneurin

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...recording the defeat of an army of northern Britons by the Saxons. The poem is one of the oldest extant works of Welsh literature and contains probably the earliest explicit allusion to King Arthur. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia...

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