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The Welsh Fairy Book
W. Jenkyn Thomas
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Description for The Welsh Fairy Book
Paperback. The Welsh Fairy Book is a beautifully written collection of fairy tales and folk stories, first printed by the University of Wales Press in 1952. Illustrator(s): Pogany, Willy. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JFHF; YFJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 214 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
The Welsh Fairy Book is the finest example of Welsh book illustration to have been produced in the ferment of the early twentieth century. Published originally in 1907, the stories collected here were set in prose by the Welsh folklorist W. Jenkyn Thomas, editor of classical texts and of the poetry collection Penillion Telyn (1894), and illustrated by the Hungarian graphic artist Willy Pogany in the art nouveau idiom that was at the height of its popularity in the first decade of the twentieth century. This edition includes an introduction by Juliette Wood, chronicling and contextualising changing attitudes towards the ... Read more
The Welsh Fairy Book is the finest example of Welsh book illustration to have been produced in the ferment of the early twentieth century. Published originally in 1907, the stories collected here were set in prose by the Welsh folklorist W. Jenkyn Thomas, editor of classical texts and of the poetry collection Penillion Telyn (1894), and illustrated by the Hungarian graphic artist Willy Pogany in the art nouveau idiom that was at the height of its popularity in the first decade of the twentieth century. This edition includes an introduction by Juliette Wood, chronicling and contextualising changing attitudes towards the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Wales, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780708312575
SKU
V9780708312575
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About W. Jenkyn Thomas
Dr Juliette Wood is a retired Associated Lecturer at the School of Welsh, Cardiff University, a Director of the Folklore Society and an Honorary Fellow of the National History Museum of Wales. William Jenkyn Thomas was a Welsh author, best known for his The Welsh Fairy Book. He worked as a lecturer and teacher in addition to his writings, and ... Read more
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