Literature

Did Welsh poets, writers, critics, editors and readers in America identify themselves as belonging to a Welsh-American culture?The article argues that at least some Welsh-Americans did identify themselves in this way even before the end of the 1850s.

Drawing widely on the poetry of R. S. Thomas, this article considers the nature of Thomas's spirituality as expressed in his work.

The central theme of the tale is the ‘enchantment’ of Dyfed and how Manawydan, one of the ‘Three Undemanding Chieftains’, and his companions deal with it.

This article examines the provenance of a seventeenth-century Welsh book called Drych Cydwybod and speculates as to its likely author.

F. T. Palgrave (1824-97) is chiefly remembered as compiler of the famous anthology of English poetry, The Golden Treasury. But he was deeply interested in Wales, learned to read and speak Welsh, and was a devoted member of the Cymmrodorion.

The disappearance of Owain Glyn Dŵr in 1415 is probably the most celebrated unsolved mystery in the history of Wales.Where might he have found his final resting place?