Beginning from the nineteenth-century onwards, this book explores several central aspects of the ways in which the English-language poetry and fiction of Wales has responded to what was, for a crucial period of a century or so, the dominant culture of Wales: the culture of Welsh Nonconformity.

This work aims at presenting Kitchener Davies as a pioneering, versatile author whose literary output continues to be of value. The selection also contains two introductory essays - the first introduces the man and his work and the second is a semi-personal view of Davis by his daughter Manon Rhys.

This volume offers a section of the most important essays published by Emyr Humphreys over a 30-year period. The essays are prefaced by a series of discusssions which explore some of the intellectual concerns and motifs that have recurred throughout Humphreys' work.

Thomas (English, U. College, Swansea, Wales) focuses on Welsh literature written in English during the 20th century, to illustrate the divergent, and often clashing, views of modern Wales and Welsh identity. His comparisons put some strange fellows in the same bed: Alun Lewis and Alun Llywelyn-Williams, Emyr Humpreys and Emlyn Williams, and

This text is devoted to the study of the English-language writing of Wales. It is the forum forcritical discussion of the whole chronological range of Welsh writing in English.

Presenting a balanced picture of a bicultural country, this volume traces the emergence in 20th-century Wales, of an anglophone literature of considerable quality. The book captures the history of Anglo-Welsh literature in a comprehensive manner and is presented by a team of critics and scholars.

This literary biography interweaves the life and writings of James Kitchener Davies, a Welsh writer whose talents encompassed poetry, drama and the essay.

The twin cultures of Welsh and English in Wales have caused a great deal of discussion and comment. Wynn Thomas explores the relationship between the two cultures in Wales from the 17th century to the present day. He focuses primarily on the linguistic aspects, using examples from Welsh and Anglo-Welsh Literature.