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Cambrian Tales and other selected writings
eBook - Welsh Women's Classsics
ISBN/EAN: 9781912905935
Umbreit-Nr.: 448317
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 264 S., 0.32 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 07.09.2023
Auflage: 1/2023
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
- Zusatztext
- Cambrian Tales appeared in serialised form in Ainsworth's Magazine from March 1849 to March 1850 and has not previously been published as a novel.Like the political pamphlet Artegall, also included in this volume, it constitutes part of Jane Williams' attempts to defend Wales against the notorious 'Blue Books', the 1847 government report which damned the Welsh as ignorant, immoral, and barbaric.A comedy of manners, set in and around a Welsh country house, it features characters clearly modelled on Ysgafell's patron, Lady Llanover, and her social circle.Also included are two representative poems, one from Celtic Fables (1862), a feminist reworking of ancient legend, and the previously unpublished 'A Petition' in which a night-cap maker protests against her dire exploitation.Ysgafell's social conscience, her patriotism, and her sardonic humour are evident throughout the volume.