Publishing in Wales - Renaissance and Resistance

The creation of texts preserves culture, literature, myth, and society, and provides invaluable insights into history. Yet we still have much to learn about the history of how those texts were produced and how the production of texts has influenced modern societies, particularly in smaller nations like Wales. The story of publishing in Wales is closely connected to the story of Wales itself. Wales, the Welsh people, and the Welsh language have survived invasion, migration, oppression, revolt, resistance, religious and social upheaval, and economic depression. The books of Wales chronicle this story and the Welsh people's endurance over centuries of challenges. Ancient law-books, medieval manuscripts, legends and myths, secretly printed religious works, poetry, song, social commentary, and modern novels tell a story of a tiny nation, its hardy people, and an enduring literary legacy that has an outsized influence on culture and literature far beyond the Welsh borders.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Welsh History and Identity; 3. Poetry, Literacy, and Manuscripts; 4. Early Welsh Printing; 5. The Industrial Era; 6. Resistance and Renaissance; 7. Conclusion: Into the Electronic Age.

Summary

The story of publishing in Wales is connected to the story of Wales itself. Wales, the Welsh people, and the Welsh language have survived invasion, migration, oppression, revolt, resistance, religious and social upheaval, and economic depression. The books of Wales chronicle this story and the Welsh people's endurance over centuries of challenges.

Product details

• Authors: Jacob D. Rawlins, Jacob D. (Brigham Young University Rawlins
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781108948173
• ISBN: 978-1-108-94817-3
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Wales, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, Literature: history and criticism, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Wales / Cymru