'The Bard is a Very Singular Character'
Iolo Morganwg, Marginalia and Print Culture
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, British
| Author: | Ffion Mair Jones | ISBN: | 9781783164073 |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press | Publication: | June 14, 2010 |
| Imprint: | University of Wales Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ffion Mair Jones |
| ISBN: | 9781783164073 |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press |
| Publication: | June 14, 2010 |
| Imprint: | University of Wales Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
