Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration - Branwen''s Starling

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.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. D. Gwenallt Jones 3. Saunders Lewis 4. T. E. Nicholas 5. Waldo Williams 6. Meg Elis 7. Menna Elfyn 8. Angharad Tomos 9. Conclusions

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost, Kenneth A Loparo, Kenneth A. Loparo, Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost, Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349348701
• ISBN: 978-1-349-34870-1
• No. of pages: 239
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities; Palgrave Studies in Minority L; Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; B, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Linguistics, general, Language: history & general works, European Literature, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection