James Kitchener Davies (Writers of Wales) - Softcover

Thomas, M. Wynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0708317243 ISBN 13: 9780708317242

Verlag: University of Wales Press - IPSUK, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

James Kitchener Davies (1902-1952), a seminal and charismatic figure in twentieth-century Welsh-language culture, spent most of his life in the Rhondda. He first attracted public attention as a dramatist at the National Eisteddfod of 1934 with his controversial play Cwm Glo, which dealt with the social consequences of the Depression in the mining valleys of south Wales. Considered by the Eisteddfod adjudicators to be morally offensive and unsuitable for performance, Cwm Glo was a fierce criticism of capitalist values and a revolutionary work in both political and theatrical terms.
A significant cultural and political figure of the second quarter of the twentieth century, Kitchener Davies was a versatile author whose talents encompassed poetry, drama and the essay.
This literary biography interweaves the author's life and writings to offer a memorable portrait of Kitchener Davies and his vision of Wales.

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M. Wynn Thomas is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales, University of Wales, Swansea.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Wales Press - IPSUK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0708317243
• ISBN 13: 9780708317242
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 108
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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