Poet and critic, Raymond Garlick has made an important contribution to the study of Anglo-Welsh literature. Born in London, he read English at the University of North Wales, Bangor where he began to acquire a knowledge of Welsh.
He was a founder and editor of the Anglo-Welsh Review and has argued in numerous essays that from the fifteenth century there was a tradition of writing by Welshmen in the English language which deserves wide recognition.
He has nationalistic view of Wales, his adopted country, and a preoccupation with language, especially with English as one of the languages of a fully bilingual Wales.
' . . . excellent study . . . his interesting and illuminating essay guides the reader through the life and career of his subject, as he pinpoints Raymond Garlick's achievement as an editor, critic, teacher and poet, with clarity and understanding.' (Swansea Review)
'This is also an important book to anyone who seeks understanding in Raymond Garlick's role n recognition of Anglo-Welsh writing as a genre dating from the fifteenth century. Don Dale-Jones has written a fluent and cricial study of a man whose elegent qualities and skills have played a central role in the advancement of Welsh literature in English'
Author: Lives in Carmarthen and enjoys part-time teaching, editing, reviewing and writing.