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In the shadow of the pulpit : literature and nonconformist Wales / M. Wynn Thomas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, M. Wynn.
- Series:
- Writing Wales in English.
- Writing Wales in English
- CREW series of critical and scholarly studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welsh literature--History and criticism.
- Welsh literature.
- Wales--History.
- Wales.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (386 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From village to city, the chapels loom large everywhere in the Welsh landscape. But what do they tell us about our past? This book introduces us in simple terms to chapel culture, and shows us how heavily it has influenced the modern world of Wales. In particular, it demonstrates how, from the nineteenth century onwards, the obsession of Welsh writers with the chapels came to shape their novels, plays and poems; and how their attitude towards them changed from sympathy to hostility and outright rivalry.
- Contents:
- General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; A Bluffer's Guide to Welsh Nonconformity; The Long Nonconformist Century; Bringing Nonconformity to Book; War of Words: The Preacher and the Writer; Spoiled Preachers; Wales BC; 'Marlais': Dylan Thomas and the 'Tin Bethels'; 'Fucking and Forgiveness': The Case of Glyn Jones; 'Solid in Goodly Counsel': The Chapels Write Back; Epilogue; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 25, 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781299201071
- 1299201075
- 9780708323427
- 0708323421
- OCLC:
- 826853553
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