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Bard of Liberty : The Political Radicalism of Iolo Morganwg

By Geraint H. Jenkins

Book information

Publisher
University of Wales Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780708325001, 9780708324981
LCC
PB2297.W45 -- .J465 2012eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1722454 bytes)
Series
Iolo Morganwg and the Romantic Tradition in Wales
Edition
1
Pages
294\294
Time added
2023-08-07 09:45:30
-- 1747-1826 -- Criticism and interpretation. ; BaIolo Morganwg

Description

This is the first full-scale study of the political radicalism of Iolo Morganwg, the renowned Welsh romantic whose colourful life as a Glamorgan stonemason, poet, writer, political activist and humanitarian made him one of the founders of modern Wales. This path-breaking volume offers a vivid portrait of a natural contrarian who tilted against the forces of the establishment for the whole of his adult life. Known as the ‘Bard of Liberty’ or the ’little republican bard’, he moved in highly-politicized circles, embraced republicanism, founded the Gorsedd of the Bards of the Isle of Britain, threw in his lot with Unitarians, promoted a sense of cultural nationalism, and supported the anti-slave trade campaign and the anti-war movement during years of war, oppression and cruelty.

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