Dylan Thomas - The Pubs

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Mae'r llyfr yn mynd â'r darllenydd ar daith farddol o amgylch hoff dafarndai Dylan Thomas yn Abertawe, Talacharn, Cei Newydd, Llundain ac America. Mae darluniau Wyn Thomas yn cyd-fynd â phob lleoliad ac yn bywiogi'r tafarndai. Mae Dylan Thomas - The Pubs yn llyfr i bawb: i edmygwyr Dylan Thomas a'r darllenwyr llenyddol, i garwyr tafarn a beirdd rhan-amser.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

A pictorial tour of some of the pubs Dylan Thomas attended in Swansea, west Wales, Oxford, London and the USA. This book will put Dylan Thomas's love of public houses and liking of drink into its proper perspective. Events that happened to him in and around pubs are reflected in his famous works and these are discussed in the book.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Swansea: The Uplands Hotel The Bay View The Three Lamps The No Sign Wine Bar The No. 10 The Queens The Bush Hotel Mumbles: The Mermaid The Antelope The Worm’s Head Hotel, Gower The Boars Head, Carmarthenshire Laugharne: Browns Hotel The Cross The Black Lion, New Quay London: The Fitzroy Tavern The Wheatsheaf Other The White Horse Tavern, New York The Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston The Players, Los Angeles

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Yn 1970 agorodd Jeff Towns ddrysau ei siop, Dylan’s Bookstore yn Abertawe. Fe ystyrir ef yn awdurdod arweiniol a deliwr llyfrau, llythyrau a llawysgrifau Dylan Thomas, ac efe yw cadeirydd Cymdeithas Dylan Thomas. Mae Wyn Thomas yn gyn-gynhyrchydd a chyfarwyddwr rhaglenni dogfen hanesyddol a chelfyddydol. Ei syniad ef oedd cyhoeddi Dylan Thomas: The Pubs .

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Jeff Towns opened Dylan’s Bookstore in Swansea in 1970. He is regarded as a leading authority and dealer in books, letters, manuscripts and the ephemera of Dylan Thomas. Wyn Thomas is a former producer/director of arts and history documentaries for television.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Datgelu’r gwir am Dylan Thomas a’r Ddiod Gadarn Mae un o brif arbenigwyr bywyd a gwaith Dylan Thomas yn lansio cyfrol newydd a dadlennol o’r enw Dylan Thomas: The Pubs . Roedd Jeff Towns a’r arlunydd Wyn Thomas wedi blino ar glywed yr un hen ddisgrifiadau ystrydebol o Dylan fel bardd meddw fyddai’n hel merched, ac felly mi aeth y ddau ati i ymchwilio i’r union ran chwaraeodd tafarndai ac alcohol yn ei fywyd. Canlyniad eu gwaith hymchwil yw’r llyfr Dylan Thomas: The Pubs, sy’n herio’r chwedlau rheiny sy’n amgylchynu Dylan a’r ddiod gadarn, ac yn cynnig mewnwelediad newydd a dadlennol i’w waith a’i fywyd. Er nad yw’n bosibl anwybyddu effaith alcohol ar stori bywyd y bardd yn llwyr, mae’n bosibl ei ail-leoli, serch hynny. Mae modd atal pobl rhag ei farnu’n elfen gywilyddus a gwarthus yn ei fywyd, a'i atal rhag parhau i fod yn rhwystr rhwng darllenwyr a gwaith hollbwysig Dylan fel bardd, storïwr, darlledwr, darllenydd a dramodydd. “Credwch neu beidio, nid oedd Dylan Thomas yn ymhyfrydu mewn tafarndai o ganlyniad i’r diota,” eglurai Jeff Towns, a gyfrifir yn un o arbenigwyr fwyaf blaenllaw’r byd ar fywyd Dylan Thomas. “Rwy’n datgelu’r gwir reswm y tu ôl i gariad Dylan tuag at dafarndai yn y llyfr. Ar ôl dros ddeugain mlynedd o ymchwil, rwy’n sicr mai gweld y dafarn fel hafan oedd Dylan, fel rhywle cynnes oedd yn cynnig lloches. Roedd y dafarn yn fan delfrydol iddo berfformio, yn ogystal - roedd modd gwarantu cynulleidfa bob tro! “Mae llawer o’i sgwennu yn adlewyrchu’r geiriau a’r dywediadau byddai’n eu clywed o’i amgylch bob dydd, yn enwedig felly mewn tafarndai. Roedd Dylan yn wrandäwr da, yn ogystal â storïwr penigamp. Mewn tafarndai byddai’n cyfarfod y bobl rheiny fyddai’n ysbrydoli llawer o’i waith.” Mae’r llyfr yn mynd â’r darllenydd ar daith farddol o amgylch hoff dafarndai Dylan Thomas yn Abertawe, Talacharn, Cei Newydd, Llundain ac America. Mae darluniau Wyn Thomas yn cyd-fynd â phob lleoliad ac yn bywiogi’r tafarndai. Mae Dylan Thomas: The Pubs yn llyfr i bawb: i edmygwyr Dylan Thomas a’r darllenwyr llenyddol, i garwyr tafarn a beirdd rhan-amser.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Dylan Thomas: The Truth about his Drinking and Pub Crawling One of the main experts on the life of Dylan Thomas, Jeff Towns, is launching a brand new and revealing book, Dylan Thomas: The Pubs Tired of the lazy clichéd description of Dylan as a Bohemian drunken poet, scrounger and womaniser, Jeff Towns and artist Wyn Thomas decided to investigate exactly what role pubs and alcohol had played in his remarkable life. Described by Cerys Matthews as “a literary lock-in”, the brand new book Dylan Thomas: The Pubs challenges the myths and legends that surround Dylan and drink, and offers a new and revealing insight into his life and work. Although it is impossible to take drink out of Dylan’s life story, it is possible to reposition it – to see it as nothing so extraordinary or shameful, and to prevent it from being a barrier between readers and Dylan’s real importance as a fine poet, story writer, broadcaster, reader and dramatist. “Believe it or not, Dylan Thomas didn’t delight in pubs for the booze,” explains author Jeff Towns, who is one of the world's leading Dylan Thomas experts. “In the book, I reveal the real reason behind Dylan’s love of pubs. After over forty years of research, I can conclude that Dylan saw the pub as a place of refuge; as a place of conviviality, warmth and shelter; as a theatre in which he could always be counted on to perform, and always be guaranteed an audience! “Much of his writing reflects the words, expressions and sayings he heard around him every day, especially so in pubs. Dylan was not only a good story teller, he was also a good listener. It was in these very pubs that Dylan would meet the people who would inspire so much of his work.” The book takes the reader on a poetic pub crawl around the pubs and bars of Wales, London and the USA visited and loved by Dylan Thomas. The journey begins in Swansea with the Kardomah Gang, a bunch of lively local artists, writers and musicians, before heading across west Wales via Laugharne and New Quay; it blazes through London's bohemian Fitzrovia with Augustus John before ending in America with the Beat poets, Stravinsky and Charlie Chaplin. Wyn Thomas’ illustrations bring the pubs to life. Dylan Thomas: The Pubs is a book for all: for the hard core Dylan anoraks, the literay readers, the casual fans, the pub lovers or the part-time poets.