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An overview of Welsh literature that reveals how changing readerships across time have shaped the nature and purpose of what has been produced.

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Preface Introduction 1: Reading the Word, 1740-90 2: Reading the world, 1740-90 3: Continuing literature, 1740-90 4: Four sketches, 1790-1810 5: The short nineteenth century: 1810-45 6: Nonconformist Hegemony, 1840-75 7: Authors in search of a character, 1875-1900 8: Academics and rustics, 1900-20 9: Between the wars, 1920-39 10: The War and after: 1939-50 11: Absences, deaths, retreats and entrances: the 1950s and early 1960s 12: Bridges and walls, 1962-79 13: The removal of badges, 1979-97 14: Ten years, 1997-2006 Appendix 1: Cynghanedd Appendix 2: The Eisteddfod Author Biographies Suggestions for Further Reading Works Cited

The Oxford Literary History of Wales Volume 2.

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 02/04/2020
      ISBN13: 9780199562268, 978-0199562268
      ISBN10: 0199562261

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An overview of Welsh literature that reveals how changing readerships across time have shaped the nature and purpose of what has been produced.

      Table of Contents
      Preface Introduction 1: Reading the Word, 1740-90 2: Reading the world, 1740-90 3: Continuing literature, 1740-90 4: Four sketches, 1790-1810 5: The short nineteenth century: 1810-45 6: Nonconformist Hegemony, 1840-75 7: Authors in search of a character, 1875-1900 8: Academics and rustics, 1900-20 9: Between the wars, 1920-39 10: The War and after: 1939-50 11: Absences, deaths, retreats and entrances: the 1950s and early 1960s 12: Bridges and walls, 1962-79 13: The removal of badges, 1979-97 14: Ten years, 1997-2006 Appendix 1: Cynghanedd Appendix 2: The Eisteddfod Author Biographies Suggestions for Further Reading Works Cited

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