'The Bard is a Very Singular Character': Iolo Morganwg, Marginalia and Print Culture

'The Bard is a Very Singular Character': Iolo Morganwg, Marginalia and Print Culture
ISBN-10
1783164077
ISBN-13
9781783164073
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
430
Language
English
Published
2010-06-14
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Author
Ffion Mair Jones

Description

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.

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