Gair am Air

Ystyriaethau am Faterion Llenyddol

Author(s) Gwyn Thomas

Language: Welsh

Genre(s): Literary Studies, Wales Studies, Welsh Language

  • February 2000 · 208 pages ·216x138mm

  • · Paperback - 9780708315484

A collection of eight articles, lectures and essays on diverse themes found in Welsh and Celtic literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century including individual chapters on the work of Sion Cent, Daniel Owen and R. Williams Parry.

Author(s): Gwyn Thomas

Gwyn Thomas is Emeritus Professor of Welsh Language and Literature at the University of Wales, Bangor and the translator of several acclaimed English-language editions of Welsh legends, including Tales from the Mabinogion; The Quest for Olwen and The Tale of Taliesin. His interests are wide ranging and he is well known for making the Welsh poetic tradition more easily available for the modern reader. This book would be a popular text for students studying in Wales particularly, and would act as background reading for many courses, specifically Welsh language and literature courses.

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