The History of Wales in Twelve Poems

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Nid blodeugerdd ddiflas o gerddi yw hon. Yn hytrach, mae'n cynnig ffordd newydd o gaffael gorffennol Cymru, ac yn dangos sut y gellir dysgu am rai o agweddau gorau ei hanes trwy eiriau ei beirdd enwog.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

This is not a stuffy anthology of poetry. It offers a new way of viewing the Welsh past, showing how some aspects of it are best accessed through the words of its renowned poets.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface Aneirin Y Gododdin (extract) Anon. Pais Dinogad Anon. Stafell Gynddylan (from Canu Heledd) Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch Marwnad Llywelyn ap Gruffudd Dafydd ap Gwilym Trafferth mewn tafarn Henry Vaughan The World Anon. Hen Benillion Ann Griffiths (Dolwar Fach) Wele'n sefyll rhwng y myrtwydd Gwenallt Y Meirwon Dylan Thomas Fern Hill Gillian Clarke Blodeuwedd Menna Elfyn Siapau o Gymru

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

M. Wynn Thomas is Professor of English and Emyr Humphreys Professor of Welsh Writing in English, Swansea University. Ruth Jên Evans is a professional artist whose works combine media, specialising in printmaking from her studio in an old shoe shop in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

• This is a short book of interest to general readers. • Recognising the crucial part played by poetry in sustaining a sense of national community in Wales from the seventh century onwards, this study proceeds to view the history of Wales through the lens of twelve poems that, between them, span almost fifteen hundred years. • It offers a new way of viewing the Welsh past, showing how some aspects of it are best accessed through the words of its renowned poets.