Roland Mathias is a significant figure in the development of Welsh writing in English over the second half of the 20th century. This volume contains Roland Mathias's entire poetic output. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 744. . 2002. Annotated ed. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Collected Poems of Roland Mathias
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 070831760X
ISBN 13: 9780708317600
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Roland Mathias is one of the most important writers to emerge in Wales since the Second World War. His work as a short-story writer, editor and literary critic is highly regarded, and he has made a notable contribution to the cultural life of Wales as a scholar and historian. However, he is first and foremost a poet. His poetry, which focusses on the intertwined concerns of family, mutability, history and landscape, is characterized by verbal inventiveness, skilful use of metre and honesty of observation.

The Collected Poems of Roland Mathias traces his poetic development, from his first collection, Days Enduring (1942), to his most recent, A Field at Vallorcines (1996). Edited with the full cooperation of the author, it contains a number of previously unpublished works. In the introduction, Sam Adams discusses the fundamental stylistic and thematic aspects of the poetry, while his full annotations throw light on the composition of the poems, offer explanations of the many historical and topographical allusions they contain and help to elucidate occasional obscurities in the writing.

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Sam Adams is the author of many books and articles dealing with Welsh writing in English. He is the author of several books for the University of Wales Press’s Writers of Wales series, including Roland Mathias (1995). His most recent book is The Collected Short Stories of Roland Mathias (2001).

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