ENGLISH

In the shadow of the pulpit: literature and nonconformist Wales

By M. Wynn Thomas

Book information

Publisher
University of Wales Press
Year
2010
ISBN
0708322255, 9780708322253, 9780708323427
Google Books ID
OepJPgAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2334619 bytes)
Pages
385\385
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Since the earliest days of language, writers and preachers have been locked in a struggle for power and authority. In the Shadow of the Pulpit shows how that struggle has been at the heart of Welsh writing for more than two centuries, intimately shaping the English-language literature produced in Wales in that time. It traces the growing literary response to the power of Welsh Nonconformity from the eighteenth century onwards, and it also uncovers a whole new body of nineteenth-century fiction from Wales.

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