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The Collected Poems of Roland Mathias
Roland Mathias is one of the most important writers to emerge in Wales since the Second World War. His work as a short-story writer, editor and literary critic is highly regarded, and he has made a notable contribution to the cultural life of Wales as a scholar and historian. However, he is first and foremost a poet. His poetry, which focusses on the intertwined concerns of family, mutability, history and landscape, is characterized by verbal inventiveness, skilful use of metre and honesty of observation. The Collected Poems of Roland Mathias traces his poetic development, from his first collection, Days Enduring (1942), to his most recent, A Field at Vallorcines (1996). Edited with the full cooperation of the author, it contains a number of previously unpublished works. In the introduction, Sam Adams discusses the fundamental stylistic and thematic aspects of the poetry, while his full annotations throw light on the composition of the poems, offer explanations of the many historical and topographical allusions they contain and help to elucidate occasional obscurities in the writing.
The Collected Short Stories of Roland Mathias
This collection of work brings together the stories originally gathered in The Eleven Men of Eppyal and other stories (1956), along with three early stories not before published in book form, and three tales about family relationships that were published in magazines.
A Last Respect
A Last Respect is a must-have anthology: an irresistible selection of poems by the 11 Roland Mathias Prize winners, with informative essays about Mathias, and Welsh poetry. Includes work by Dannie Abse, Tiffany Atkinson, Ruth Bidgood, Ailbhe Darcy, Rhian Edwards, Christine Evans, John Freeman, Philip Gross, Gwyneth Lewis, Robert Minhinnick and Owen Sheers.
Roland Mathias
Roland Mathias has been one of the foremost literary figures in post-war Wales, playing a crucial role in the creation of a distinctive Anglo-Welsh literary and cultural identity. A founder of Dock Leaves (later renamed The Anglo-Welsh Review), he edited the magazine between 1961 and 1976, a task which he combined with a busy career as an educationalist and prolific writing in both creative and critical modes. His five volumes of poetry are characterized by a meticulous craftsmanship. They also express at the most profound level his unique personal vision, imbued with a deeply-held yet questioning religious belief, a strong sense of history and place, and a progressively stronger identification with Wales. This first book-length account of his extraordinarily busy life and writing career reveals the origins and depth of his commitment to peace, to moral principles and to a Welsh literature in the English language.
A Ride Through the Wood
In collecting these essays Roland Mathias uses for his subjects the symbol of a wood, virtually unexplored, and until recently considered to be on the edge of a map of English literature. Mathias, as he puts it, is in 'possession of a different map, one on which the wood appears much closer to the centre', and A Ride Through the Wood is an unusual selection of essays on Anglo-Welsh writers by a critic who shares their particular background and is knowledgeable about it. Roland Mathias was born at Talybont-on-Usk in 1915. Having taught in various parts of Britain, he retired in 1969, to live in Brecon. Roland Mathias helped to found Dock Leaves, later the Anglo-Welsh Review, which he edited from 1961 to 1976. A poet, he has published seven volumes, including Burning Brambles (1983), his 'selected poems'. He has also written a collection of short stories, and books on Vernon Watkins and John Cowper Powys, as well as editing books on David Jones, an anthology of short stories and Anglo-Welsh Poetry 1480-1980, with Raymond Garlick.
Welsh Periodicals in English 1882-2012
Welsh Periodicals in English celebrates the contribution of English-language periodicals to the careers of Welsh writers (from Lewis Morris to Owen Sheers) and to the practice of their editors (from Charles Wilkins (1882) to Emily Trahair (2012)). These periodicals have helped to create an active Anglophone public sphere in Wales and continue to stimulate discussion on a wide range of topics: tensions between tradition and continuity; the role of magazines in developing new writers; gender issues; relations with Welsh-language journals; the involvement of the periodicals in social and political issues, and their contribution to cultural developments in Wales. A detailed study of the design, content and editorial practice of the periodicals is illuminated by discussions with living editors, and the book concludes with a discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary productions and a comparison with their successful equivalents in Ireland.
Anglo-Welsh Poetry, 1480-1990
An expanded paper edition of a popular anthology, this now includes the work of Welsh poets writing in the 1980s. It covers five centuries, from the earliest recorded poem in English by a Welshman, to the establishment of the Anglo-Welsh presence in contemporary literature.
Vernon Watkins
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