’The Bard Is a Very Singular Character’
Iolo Morganwg, Marginalia and Print Culture
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’The Bard Is a Very Singular Character’
Iolo Morganwg, Marginalia and Print Culture
A cunning and successful literary forger, Iolo Morganwg has remained a controversial figure within Welsh literary tradition and history ever since his death in 1826. During his lifetime, however, he was a figure who existed on the margins of Welsh literary society. In this fascinating and original study, Ffion M. Jones examines how Morganwg dealt with the frustrations of this obscurity, offering insights into Morganwg’s contribution to and sometimes tortuous relationship with the print culture of his age.
352 pages | 13 halftones | 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 | © 2010
Iolo Morganwg and the Romantic Tradition
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. ‘Ai ovn oedd?’ (Was it fear?): Iolo Morganwg as editor
3. ‘Ddoe, heddyw, ag yn dragywydd’ (Yesterday, today, and everlastingly): Iolo Morganwg as reader
4. ‘Aneirif bapirau didrefn’ (Countless disorderly papers): Iolo Morganwg the writer
Appendices
I. Thomas Llewelyn, Historical and Critical Remarks on the British Tongue
II. Iolo Morganwg’s books
III. Taliesin ab Iolo’s books
IV. Language
V. Literature
VI. Miscellaneous
Select Bibliography
Index