A Guide to Welsh Literature: 1530-1700 v. 3
Language: English
Genre(s): Welsh Interest
Series: Guide to Welsh Literature
- April 1997 · 304 pages ·220x213mm
- · Paperback - 9780708314005
About The Book
Endorsements
"The contributors to this volume do an excellent job of addressing the far-ranging effects of these developments on Welsh poetry and prose, while also highlighting the uniqueness of individual poets and writers . . . Given that this volume contains eleven chapters by eleven different contributions, it is remarkably coherent. While the thorough index makes this a very useful reference book, it can also be read straight through as a fluid narrative of literary history . . . Each chapter constitutes a solid introduction to its specific field . . ." -New Welsh Review
Contents
The historical background; the decline of professional poetry; early free-metre poetry; late free-metre poetry; the humanists' challenge to the professional poets; humanist prose and scholarship; biblical translation; Anglian prose; Roman Catholic prose; Puritan and nonconformist prose; from manuscript to print.