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This work looks at the impact of five "archetypal" figures on literature and culture of the 1790s in Britain. The figures covered are: Tewdrig, the hermit-king; Vortigen, the Dark-Age traitor, the Polish General Kosciusko; Iolo Morganwg; and the Jacobin demagogue John Thelwall.

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' ... strategic and comprehensive in scope ... a welcome contribution in an importantly different direction.' (English) '... brilliantly succeeds in re-placing the reader in the radical writing community of Woodsworth, Coleridge, Thelwall, David Williams and Iolo Morganwg ...' (Coleridge Bulletin) ' ... strategic and comprehensive in scope... Walford Davies's book is a welcome contribution in an importantly different direction... ' (English )

Presences That Disturb

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      Publisher: University of Wales Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/07/2002
      ISBN13: 9780708317389, 978-0708317389
      ISBN10: 708317383

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work looks at the impact of five "archetypal" figures on literature and culture of the 1790s in Britain. The figures covered are: Tewdrig, the hermit-king; Vortigen, the Dark-Age traitor, the Polish General Kosciusko; Iolo Morganwg; and the Jacobin demagogue John Thelwall.

      Trade Review
      ' ... strategic and comprehensive in scope ... a welcome contribution in an importantly different direction.' (English) '... brilliantly succeeds in re-placing the reader in the radical writing community of Woodsworth, Coleridge, Thelwall, David Williams and Iolo Morganwg ...' (Coleridge Bulletin) ' ... strategic and comprehensive in scope... Walford Davies's book is a welcome contribution in an importantly different direction... ' (English )

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