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| Author | : M. Wynn Thomas |
| Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
| Total Pages | : 301 |
| Release | : 2017-05-05 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1786830906 |
Wales may be small, but culturally it is richly varied. The aim in this collection of essays on a number of English-language authors from Wales is to offer a sample of the country’s internal diversity. To that end, the author’s examined range – from the exotic Lynette Roberts (Argentinean by birth, but of Welsh descent) and the English-born Peggy Ann Whistler who opted for new, Welsh identity as ‘Margiad Evans’, to Nigel Heseltine, whose bizarre stories of the antics of the decaying squierarchy of the Welsh border country remain largely unknown, and the Utah-based poet Leslie Norris, who brings out the bicultural character of Wales in his Welsh-English translations. The result is a portrait of Wales as a ‘micro-cosmopolitan country’, and the volume is prefaced with an autobiographical essay by one of the leading specialists in the field, authoritatively tracing the steady growth over recent decades of serious, informed and sustained study of what is a major achievement of Welsh culture.
| Author | : Jan Morris |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 566 |
| Release | : 2014-04-24 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0241970245 |
Jan Morris's magnificent book celebrates Wales and all things Welsh. Written as a deeply personal study, it reflects the rich bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and wonderfully varied landscapes, the national character and humour, the historical predicaments and the political condition of this small but extraordinary country. Jan Morris is a distinguished historian as well as being one of the world's leading travel-writers. Her passionate love of Wales makes this a unique evocation.
| Author | : Anonymous |
| Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2022-10-26 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9781015401815 |
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| Author | : Susan Harrison |
| Publisher | : Booklife |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2020-10 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781839271137 |
Discovering the United Kingdom looks at the history, landscapes, people and culture of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. These books are filled with fascinating facts and pictures to help explore the different elements that make the United Kingdom a great place to live, visit, and learn about.
| Author | : Mathew Browne |
| Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
| Total Pages | : 82 |
| Release | : 2018-10-15 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1445683946 |
A stunning collection of images showcasing the different regions of Wales in all their glory, which capture the essence of the country.
| Author | : Geraint H. Jenkins |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 307 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Wales |
| ISBN | : 0521823676 |
Based on the most recent historical research and current debates about Wales and Welshness, this volume offers the most up-to-date, authoritative and accessible account of the period from Neanderthal times to the opening of the Senedd, the new home of the National Assembly for Wales, in 2006. Within a remarkably brief and stimulating compass, Geraint H. Jenkins explores the emergence of Wales as a nation, its changing identities and values, and the transformations its people experienced and survived throughout the centuries. In the face of seemingly overwhelming odds, the Welsh never reconciled themselves to political, social and cultural subordination, and developed ingenious ways of maintaining a distinctive sense of their otherness. The book ends with the coming of political devolution and the emergence of a greater measure of cultural pluralism. Professor Jenkins's lavishly illustrated volume provides enthralling material for scholars, students, general readers, and travellers to Wales.
| Author | : Matthew Jones |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2018-02-23 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 9781784615215 |
A book of quizzes on all things Welsh, from history, culture, places and sport to pop and celebrities! Fifty rounds of ten questions, from the simple to the devilishly tricky.
| Author | : Pamela Petro |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2023-08-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1956763767 |
For readers of H Is for Hawk, an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales Hiraeth is a Welsh word that's famously hard to translate. Literally, it can mean "long field" but generally translates into English, inadequately, as "homesickness." At heart, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place, person, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. In The Long Field, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales, as a gay woman, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology, immigration, ecological crises, and our new divisive politics. On this journey, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. A finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the Telegraph's and Financial Times's Top 10 lists for travel writing, The Long Field is an unforgettable exploration of “the hidden contours of the human heart.”
| Author | : Darren Chetty |
| Publisher | : Watkins Media Limited |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 2022-03-08 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1913462889 |
Some of the most exciting writers in and from Wales consider the future of Wales and the UK and their place in it. What does it mean to imagine Wales and ‘The Welsh’ as something both distinct and inclusive? In Welsh (Plural), some of the foremost Welsh writers consider the future of Wales and their place in it. For many people, Wales brings to mind the same old collection of images – if it’s not rugby, sheep and leeks, it’s the 3 Cs: castles, coal, and choirs. Heritage, mining and the church are indeed integral parts of Welsh culture. But what of the other stories that point us toward a Welsh future? In this anthology of essays, authors offer imaginative, radical perspectives on the future of Wales as they take us beyond the clichés and binaries that so often shape thinking about Wales and Welshness. Includes essays from Charlotte Williams (A Tolerant Nation?), Joe Dunthorne (Submarine, The Adulterants), Niall Griffiths (Sheepshagger, Broken Ghost), Rabab Ghazoul (Gentle / Radical Turner Prize Nominee), Mike Parker (On the Red Hill), Martin Johnes (Wales Since 1939, Wales: England’s Colony?), Kandace Siobhan Walker (2019 Guardian 4th Estate Prize Winner), Gary Raymond (Golden Orphans, Wales Arts Review, BBC Wales), Darren Chetty (The Good Immigrant), Andy Welch (The Guardian), Marvin Thompson (Winner 2021 UK Poetry Prize), Durre Shahwar (Where I’m Coming From), Hanan Issa (My Body Can House Two Hearts), Dan Evans (Desolation Radio), Shaheen Sutton, Morgan Owen, Iestyn Tyne, Grug Muse and Cerys Hafana.
| Author | : Scott Lloyd |
| Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2017-02-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1786830272 |
This new book examines all of the available source materials, dating from the ninth century to the present, that have associated Arthur with sites in Wales. The material ranges from Medieval Latin chronicles, French romances and Welsh poetry through to the earliest printed works, antiquarian notebooks, periodicals, academic publications and finally books, written by both amateur and professional historians alike, in the modern period that have made various claims about the identity of Arthur and his kingdom. All of these sources are here placed in context, with the issues of dating and authorship discussed, and their impact and influence assessed. This book also contains a gazetteer of all the sites mentioned, including those yet to be identified, and traces their Arthurian associations back to their original source.
