Welsh Literature

"Déofles Cræftum ond Dracan Fellum": Grendel’s "Glóf" and Early Welsh Tradition

by James Ryan Gregory

Accepted for publication in "The Heroic Age."

Thought to derive from motifs in Scandinavian mythology, Grendel’s "glóf" (l. 2085b) is paralleled by a... more Thought to derive from motifs in Scandinavian mythology, Grendel’s "glóf" (l. 2085b) is paralleled by a similar object in the Middle Welsh "Mabinogion." Comparison with the function of magical vessels in Celtic tradition reveals the "glóf" as an object that tests kingly sovereignty.

21st Century British Fiction Symposium - Call For Papers

by Tony Venezia

21st Century British Fiction Symposium - 12th May 2012, Birkbeck, University of London.  CFP deadline 15th March 2012.

21st Century British Fiction Symposium - 12th May 2012, Birkbeck, University of London.  Keynote speaker:... more 21st Century British Fiction Symposium - 12th May 2012, Birkbeck, University of London.  Keynote speaker: Professor Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway). 

Twenty-First Century British Fiction seeks to consider and promote current perspectives on the fiction of British writers in the twenty-first century.  Post-millennial writing has proved itself as arguably wide-ranging and innovative as its predecessors.  With Granta's next decennial list due in 2013, it seems only fitting and appropriate to survey the twenty-first century’s first decade of British Fiction. 

We invite submissions for 20 minute presentations; papers on individual authors and single works are welcome, as are essays on broader trends that explore the cultural, historical and stylistic contexts that have produced twenty-first century British fiction. 

Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words, with brief details of biography and affiliation, to Bianca Leggett and Tony Venezia at 21stcentury.symposium@gmail.com no later than 15th March 2012.  We also welcome proposals for themed panels of three speakers.  We are currently in negotiations with an academic publisher interested in publishing a volume based on the proceedings of the symposium. The symposium is sponsored by the School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London.


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Roald Dahl e a Fantástica Fábrica de Literatura

by Gustavo Vargas Cohen

Co-authored with Adriane Ferreira Veras.

This article is a critically informed commentary on the life and works of Welsh writer Roald Dahl. It is justified by... more This article is a critically informed commentary on the life and works of Welsh writer Roald Dahl. It is justified by the virtue of being unseen in Brazil, since there are no academic or scientific analyses concerning this important author up to this moment in this country. Dahl is responsible, mainly but not exclusively, for acclaimed works of children’s literature. A good deal of his books has been transformed into celebrated cinematographic adaptations, especially the 1971 and the 2005 versions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The present text narrates the most important events in the trajectory of the author always linking it with elements that, directly or indirectly, meaningfully influenced his literary output. We conclude by interpreting the reasons that lead so many children to adore and to psychologically identify in a deep level with Dahl’s works and that lead adults to demonstrate the ideologically inverse attitude.

Smith, S, 2007 ‘Behind Every Great Man…’

by Spencer Smith

Western Mail Magazine, 20th January 2007, 12-15

The history and archaeology of Medieval Wales, with some exceptions, has been studied by, and written about, by middle... more The history and archaeology of Medieval Wales, with some exceptions, has been studied by, and written about, by middle aged-men. In a world where the removal of eyes and
testicles was common practice for dealing with a political rival, what place did young women have in this society? How can we find out about their lives, when sometimes such simple details as their surnames go unrecorded?

Smith, S, 2007 ‘Cymru yn Ewrop’

by Spencer Smith

Western Mail Magazine, 10th February 2007, 60-61

“James Joyce and Caradoc Evans”

by Wim Van Mierlo

Genetic Joyce Studies 7 (Spring 2007): Genetic Joyce Studies 7

An index and short dicussion of James Joyce's notes for _Finnegans Wake_ from Caradoc Evans' _My People_ in Buffalo... more An index and short dicussion of James Joyce's notes for _Finnegans Wake_ from Caradoc Evans' _My People_ in Buffalo Notebook VI.B.14.

'An Interview with Gwyneth Lewis'

by Alex Pryce

published in New Walk Magazine, October 2010

In this interview I questioned Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis on the importance of gender, language and tradition to her work. In this interview I questioned Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis on the importance of gender, language and tradition to her work.