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'The Bard Is a Very Singular Character': Iolo Morganwg, Marginalia and Print Culture Ffion

by Mair Jones

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A cunning and successful literary forger, Iolo Morganwg has been a controversial figure within Welsh literary tradition and history ever since his death in 1826. During his lifetime, however, he was largely a figure on the margins of Welsh literary s... Read more
A cunning and successful literary forger, Iolo Morganwg has been a controversial figure within Welsh literary tradition and history ever since his death in 1826. During his lifetime, however, he was largely a figure on the margins of Welsh literary society, who found the task of getting his work into the coveted sphere of print culture a gargantuan one. This book examines how he dealt with the frustrations of his marginality – writing sardonic remarks in the margins of books published by his contemporaries, and submerging himself in a mound of scrap paper on which he wrote numerous drafts of poems and conducted original work on the Welsh language. Less

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File size6.40(w)x9.30(h)x1.00
Print pages352
PublisherUniversity of Wales Press
Publication date September 15, 2010
ISBN9780708321959
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