The Poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym
published May 2016
Joseph P. Clancy, the foremost translator of Welsh literature into English, employs the most recent editions of Dafydd's full works and, for the first time, presents his poetry in an attempted sequence, allowing readers to see the development of the poet and his art. Read full description ...
Praise for earlier works
Medieval Welsh Poems (Four Courts Press, 2002):
"…It is wonderful to have a large corpus of this astonishingly diverse poetry,
much of which speaks so eloquently to the modern age…"
Bernard O’Donaghue, TLS
"…This book contains more than 150 poems, a lucid introduction and a useful glossary.
It is to be treasured as the work of a master translator,
a poet in his own right, who - by dint of hard work and flashes of inspiration - has rendered Wales a huge favour
by making its poetry accessible to the English-reading world…"
Meic Stephens
Ordinary Time (Gomer, 1999):
"…This powerful and clear sighted collection offers the reader, through a variety of perspectives and voices,
insight into time, its passing and the invaluable response of this writer..."
Petra Newman
Medieval Welsh Poems (Four Courts Press, 2002):
"…It is wonderful to have a large corpus of this astonishingly diverse poetry,
much of which speaks so eloquently to the modern age…"
Bernard O’Donaghue, TLS
"…This book contains more than 150 poems, a lucid introduction and a useful glossary.
It is to be treasured as the work of a master translator,
a poet in his own right, who - by dint of hard work and flashes of inspiration - has rendered Wales a huge favour
by making its poetry accessible to the English-reading world…"
Meic Stephens
Ordinary Time (Gomer, 1999):
"…This powerful and clear sighted collection offers the reader, through a variety of perspectives and voices,
insight into time, its passing and the invaluable response of this writer..."
Petra Newman
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