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Almanac: A Yearbook of Welsh Writing in English (Volume 15)
Katie Gramich
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Description for Almanac: A Yearbook of Welsh Writing in English (Volume 15)
paperback. This is a collection of critical essays by renowned scholars dealing with various aspects of literature, both poetry and prose, written in English in Wales during the 20th and 21st century. Editor(s): Gramich, Katie. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DSBH; GBCY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
'Almanac 15' literally unearths some fascinating new material about the life and work of one of Wales's greatest twentieth-century poets, R. S. Thomas. Matthew Jarvis asks the simple question: what were those 'mangels' being docked by R. S.'s peasant farmer, Iago Prytherch? And he comes up with some fascinating answers. Even more sensational is the new information discovered by Sheila Savill in her painstaking examination of birth and marriage certificates and other public records relating to R. S.'s family, especially his mother. Meanwhile, the American scholar, David Paddy, compares R. S with his Irish ... Read more
'Almanac 15' literally unearths some fascinating new material about the life and work of one of Wales's greatest twentieth-century poets, R. S. Thomas. Matthew Jarvis asks the simple question: what were those 'mangels' being docked by R. S.'s peasant farmer, Iago Prytherch? And he comes up with some fascinating answers. Even more sensational is the new information discovered by Sheila Savill in her painstaking examination of birth and marriage certificates and other public records relating to R. S.'s family, especially his mother. Meanwhile, the American scholar, David Paddy, compares R. S with his Irish ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906998431
SKU
V9781906998431
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About Katie Gramich
Katie Gramich is a senior lecturer in English at Cardiff University in Wales.
Reviews for Almanac: A Yearbook of Welsh Writing in English (Volume 15)
'Setting a new agenda and a new standard for literary criticism in Wales.' Professor Dafydd Johnston