Abandon All Hope - A Personal Journey Through the History of Welsh Literature

An accessible introduction to the history of Wales's literature.

I awoke from a deep sleep I had taken under the shade of a tree in a field at the outskirts of a dark wood, without remembering how I had gotten there, or, indeed, where it was exactly, I had gotten.

So begins a most unusual odyssey, in which a writer--who bears a striking similarity to our author, Gary Raymond--allows himself to be led through the many-layered realms of Welsh literature, not by Virgil but by the late Professor Raymond Williams.

Taking in the history of Welsh writing from the legacy of the Bardic tradition to contemporary experimental works, Abandon All Hope introduces Welsh literature in a way it has never been presented before: as cutting-edge, experimental, vibrant, exciting, intimate, and with a multitude of voices. This voyage into a uniquely Welsh inferno offers a revolutionary new way to examine and explain literary history.

About the author

Gary Raymond is a novelist, critic, editor and broadcaster. He is the presenter of The Review Show for BBC Radio Wales and is editor and co-founder of Wales Arts Review. He is the author of several books, including the novels For Those Who Come After, The Golden Orphans, and Angels of Cairo, as well as the nonfiction book, How Love Actually Ruined Christmas. As a critic he has been featured in The Guardian, BBC Radio Four's Front Row, and BBC Radio Three's Sunday Morning program.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Raymond
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2024
• EAN: 9781915279262
• ISBN: 978-1-915279-26-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Wales, All, Personal, Literature, History, English, Journey, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Welsh, of, Gary, HOPE, Literature: history & criticism, Raymond, Literary essays, Literature: history and criticism, abandon, Through