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Red hearts and roses? : Welsh valentine songs and poems / Rhiannon Ifans.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ifans, Rhiannon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Valentine's Day--Poetry.
- Valentine's Day.
- Love poetry, Welsh.
- Love songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- This volume presents the story of the saint who gave his name to the festival of lovers, Saint Valentine, known in Wales as Sant Ffolant, focusing specifically on the Welsh poetry written over the centuries on the feast day of Saint Valentine in mid-February.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: Who was Saint Valentine?
- The seventeenth century
- The eighteenth century
- The nineteenth century
- Post-1900
- Conclusions
- Tunes
- Amaryllis
- Belle Isle March
- Bryniau'r Werddon
- Charity Mistress or Elusenni Meistres
- Difyrrwch Gwŷr Emlyn
- Diniweidrwydd
- Fenyw Fwyn
- Y Folantein
- Hud y Frwynen
- King's Round or Iechyd o Gylch
- Leave Land or Gadael Tir
- Let Mary Live Long or Hir Oes i Fair
- The Lord Monk's March or Ymdaith Mwngc
- Milking Pail
- See the Building or Gwêl yr Adeilad
- Spanish Minuet
- Stanes Morris
- Sunselia
- Synnwyr Solomon
- Welsh Valentine Songs and Poems
- Bibliography
- Verse forms
- Index to first lines
- Index to poets
- Index to tunes
- General index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-78683-372-7
- OCLC:
- 1084375284
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