Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration: Branwen's Starling [Paperback]

Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration  examines the prison literature of certain iconic Welsh authors whose political lives and creative writings are linked to ideas about Wales and the Welsh language, the nature of political activism, and the function of incarceration.1. Introduction 2. D. Gwenallt Jones 3. Saunders Lewis 4. T. E. Nicholas 5. Waldo Williams 6. Meg Elis 7. Menna Elfyn 8. Angharad Tomos 9. ConclusionsDiarmait Mac Giolla Chr?ost is Professor at the School of Welsh, Cardiff University, UK. He is an authority on linguistic minorities and language planning. His previous books include Language, Identity and Conflict: A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia, The Irish Language in Ireland from Go?del to Globalisation, Language and the City, and Jailtacht: The Irish Language, Symbolic Power and Political Violence in Northern Ireland.