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Rhys Davies: A Writer's Life
Meic Stephens
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Description for Rhys Davies: A Writer's Life
Hardcover. Rhys Davies (1901-78) was among the most dedicated, prolific and accomplished of Welsh prose writers. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 498.
Rhys Davies (1901-78) was among the most dedicated, prolific and accomplished of Welsh prose writers. This is his first full biography, describing the early years of the Blaenclydach grocer's son, his abhorrence of 'chapel culture', his bohemian years in Fitzrovia, his visit to the Lawrences in the south of France, his unremitting work ethic, his patrons, his admiration for the French and Russian writers who were his models, his love-hate relationship with the Rhondda, and above all, the dissembling that went into Print of a Hare's Foot (1969), 'an autobiographical beginning', which proves to be a most unreliable book from ... Read more
Rhys Davies (1901-78) was among the most dedicated, prolific and accomplished of Welsh prose writers. This is his first full biography, describing the early years of the Blaenclydach grocer's son, his abhorrence of 'chapel culture', his bohemian years in Fitzrovia, his visit to the Lawrences in the south of France, his unremitting work ethic, his patrons, his admiration for the French and Russian writers who were his models, his love-hate relationship with the Rhondda, and above all, the dissembling that went into Print of a Hare's Foot (1969), 'an autobiographical beginning', which proves to be a most unreliable book from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Parthian Books
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908946713
SKU
V9781908946713
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About Meic Stephens
Meic Stephens founded the magazine Poetry Wales in 1965. He joined the University of Glamorgan in 1994 and became Professor of Welsh Writing in English in 2000. He is the author, editor and translator of about two hundred books, including a number of anthologies, The New Companion to the Literature of Wales and the Writers of Wales series.
Reviews for Rhys Davies: A Writer's Life
"[Meic] has done more than justice...to the black humour of Davies's writing and that of his life. This is a delightful book, which is itself a social history in its own right, and funny." The Spectator "in writing this informative, intriguing biography, Meic Stephens has done the reading public a great service, as Rhys Davies is clearly a writer who ... Read more