Welsh Writing in English: A Yearbook of Critical Essays - Softcover

Brown, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0708318290 ISBN 13: 9780708318294

Publisher: University of Wales Press, 2003

Synopsis

"Exploring the work of some of the finest writers that Wales has produced, this volume uncovers the length and complexity of the tradition of Welsh writing in English. The featured writer in this volume is Dylan Thomas, whose politics are discussed in essays by Victor Golightly and Victor Paananen. James Davies looks at how Thomas’s marriage is represented in his poetry of the 1940s, while the work of Thomas’s contemporary, Vernon Watkins, is reevaluated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams. Further essays look at T. J. Llewelyn Prichard’s Twm Shon Catti, R. S. Thomas’s reading of William Carlos Williams, and Lewis Jones. In addition, Jeremy Hooker writes on poetry and place, and the work of Alun Lewis is debated by John Pikoulis, Tony Brown, and M. Wynn Thomas."

About this title

About the Author:

Tony Brown is a lecturer of English at the University of Wales. He is the editor of The Collected Stories of Glyn Jones and The Dragon Has Two Tongues.

Review:

'A wealth of fine critical material that no student or teacher in the field can afford not to read' Meic Stephens, Western Mail 'Welsh Writing in English...is a journal to read and re-read, whether your interest is academic, general or just plain serious' Readers report ' ... I warmly recommend the book for its comprehensive scope, scholarly expertise and wealth of stimulating detail ... ' (Planet - The Welsh Internationalist)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0708318290
• ISBN 13: 9780708318294
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200