Between Wales and England
Anglophone Welsh Writing of the Eighteenth Century
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
| Author: | Bethan Jenkins | ISBN: | 9781786830326 |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press | Publication: | March 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | University of Wales Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bethan Jenkins |
| ISBN: | 9781786830326 |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press |
| Publication: | March 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | University of Wales Press |
| Language: | English |
Between Wales and England is an exploration of eighteenth-century anglophone Welsh writing by authors for whom English-language literature was mostly a secondary concern. In its process, the work interrogates these authors’ views on the newly-emerging sense of ‘Britishness’, finding them in many cases to be more nuanced and less resistant than has generally been considered. It looks primarily at the English-language works of Lewis Morris, Evan Evans, and Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) in the context of both their Welsh- and English-language influences and time spent travelling between the two countries, considering how these authors responded to and reimagined the new national identity through their poetry and prose.
Between Wales and England is an exploration of eighteenth-century anglophone Welsh writing by authors for whom English-language literature was mostly a secondary concern. In its process, the work interrogates these authors’ views on the newly-emerging sense of ‘Britishness’, finding them in many cases to be more nuanced and less resistant than has generally been considered. It looks primarily at the English-language works of Lewis Morris, Evan Evans, and Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) in the context of both their Welsh- and English-language influences and time spent travelling between the two countries, considering how these authors responded to and reimagined the new national identity through their poetry and prose.
