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Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration

Branwen's Starling

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost

    1. School of Welsh, Cardiff University, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
      Pages 1-7

  3. Gwryw – masculinities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-11
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    2. D. Gwenallt Jones Plasau’r Brenin (1934) and ‘Dartmoor’ (1941)

      • Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
      Pages 13-35

    3. Saunders Lewis Buchedd Garmon (1937)

      • Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
      Pages 36-55

    4. T. E. Nicholas Llygad y Drws (1940), Canu’r Carchar (1942) and Prison Sonnets (1948)

      • Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
      Pages 56-72

    5. Waldo Williams Dail Pren (1956)

      • Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
      Pages 73-99

  4. Benyw – femininities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-103
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    2. Meg Elis I’r Gad (1975), Carchar (1978) and Cyn Daw’r Gaeaf (1985)

      • Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
      Pages 105-126

    3. Menna Elfyn Tro’r Haul Arno (1982) and Cell Angel (1996)

      • Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
      Pages 127-147

    4. Angharad Tomos Yma o Hyd (1985)

      • Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
      Pages 148-178

    5. Conclusions

      • Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
      Pages 179-201

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 202-228
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About this book

Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration  examines the prison literature of certain iconic Welsh authors whose political lives and creative writings are linked to ideas about Wales and the Welsh language, the nature of political activism, and the function of incarceration.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Welsh, Cardiff University, UK

    Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost

About the author

Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost is Professor at the School of Welsh, Cardiff University, UK. He is an authority on linguistic minorities and language planning. His previous books include Language, Identity and Conflict: A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia, The Irish Language in Ireland from Goídel to Globalisation, Language and the City, and Jailtacht: The Irish Language, Symbolic Power and Political Violence in Northern Ireland.

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