TY - BOOK
T1 - How arbitrary one's identity: the construction of cultural identity in contemporary Welsh poetry in English
AU - Griffiths, Meriel Owen
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - [Truncated abstract] This study examines representations of cultural identity in contemporary English language poetry from Wales, through four interconnecting themes: language, place, the past, and nation. These have been strong themes historically and have evolved into particularly complex ideas in contemporary Welsh poetry in English. The traditional binary divisions of Welsh/English, centre/margins/, urban/rural, coloniser/colonised, belonging/exile, inclusion/exclusion, found in earlier Welsh poetry in English have given way to an investigation of the intersections and interstitial spaces of these apparent oppositions. Recent poetry from Wales re-examines traditional concepts of Wales and Welsh identity and explores the interaction between individual and collective identity, and also between regional, national and international identities.
AB - [Truncated abstract] This study examines representations of cultural identity in contemporary English language poetry from Wales, through four interconnecting themes: language, place, the past, and nation. These have been strong themes historically and have evolved into particularly complex ideas in contemporary Welsh poetry in English. The traditional binary divisions of Welsh/English, centre/margins/, urban/rural, coloniser/colonised, belonging/exile, inclusion/exclusion, found in earlier Welsh poetry in English have given way to an investigation of the intersections and interstitial spaces of these apparent oppositions. Recent poetry from Wales re-examines traditional concepts of Wales and Welsh identity and explores the interaction between individual and collective identity, and also between regional, national and international identities.
KW - Nationalism in literature
KW - National characteristics, Welsh, in literature
KW - English poetry
KW - Welsh authors
KW - History and criticism
KW - Identity (Psychology) in literature
KW - Poetry
KW - English
KW - Wales
KW - 20th century
KW - In literature
KW - Cultural identity
KW - Contemporary
KW - Welsh poetry in English
M3 - Doctoral Thesis
ER -