The Oxford Literary History of Wales: Volume 3. Welsh Writing in English, 1536-1914: The First Four Hundred Years

by Jane Aaron and Sarah Prescott

In a lecture entitled The First Forty Years: Some Notes on Anglo-Welsh Literature, published in 1957, the novelist and critic Gwyn Jones stated that Welsh writing in English 'began with Caradoc Evans in 1915'. His claim was widely accepted and proved influential in the development of Welsh writing in English as an academic subject. The primary aim of this volume is to refute that erroneous misconception, as its sub-title The First Four Hundred Years...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199562830
• ISBN13: 9780199562831
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"