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Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration Branwen's Starling / Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost, School of Welsh Humanities, Cardiff University, UK.

Author/creator	Mac Giolla Chriost, Diarmait, 1965-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Description	xi, 228 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Prisoners' writings, Welsh--History and criticism. Authors, Welsh--Political and social views. Prisoners--Wales. --Intellectual life. Welsh literature--History and criticism. Wales--Languages.

Series	Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities
Contents	Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. D. Gwenallt Jones -- 3. Saunders Lewis -- 4. T. E. Nicholas -- 5. Waldo Williams -- 6. Meg Elis -- 7. Menna Elfyn -- 8. Angharad Tomos -- 9. Conclusions.
Abstract	"Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration examines the prison literature of certain iconic Welsh authors whose political lives and creative writings are linked to ideas about Wales and the Welsh language. Through this case study, the author interrogates the nature of political activism and social movements, including the use of violence and non-violent approaches to protest. Also examined are the function and significance of variations in literary form, style and language in this prison literature along with the motivations driving each of these prison authors and the effects of their texts on their readers - their community outside of prison, and upon society more widely. This work successfully challenges orthodox perspectives on this body of prison literature. In adopting a case study approach the author universalizes the Welsh experience, drawing insights from international research on prison literature, the political science of protest and the sociology of language"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013044176
ISBN	9780230362840 (hardback)

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