Writers of Wales: Emyr Humphreys

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Yr astudiaeth gynhwysfawr, awdurdodedig gyntaf am fywyd a gwaith y nofelydd, y bardd a'r awdur Emyr Humphreys, ar wahân i'w waith ar gyfer teledu. Cyhoeddir i nodi canmlwyddiant ei eni yn 2019.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Published to mark the centenary of his birth in 2019, this is the first comprehensive and authoritative study of the life and work of the major Welsh writer Emyr Humphreys, excluding only his work for television.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Prefatory Note Key to Abbreviations The Life Preoccupations Protestant novelist Fiction: first phase Poems, essays, cultural history Fiction: last phase Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

M. Wynn Thomas is Professor of English and Emyr Humphreys Professor of English at Swansea University; he is a Fellow of the British Academy and the author of twenty books on the two literatures of Wales and on American poetry.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

• The book is the first overview of the long distinguished career of Wales’ leading Welsh-language novelist in its entirety. • A study of Emyr Humphreys who has had a remarkable career spanning over seventy years as a writer, he has published more than two dozen novels (many of them prize-winning), as well as several collection of short stories. • These essays were supplemented by the interviews the author conducted with Emyr Humphreys.