TY - CHAP
T1 - Iolo Morganwg and the Welsh rural landscape
AU - Jones, David Ceri
PY - 2005/10/27
Y1 - 2005/10/27
N2 - Iolo Morganwg is arguably the most extraordinary figure in the entire cultural history of Wales. Since his long and turbulent career unfolded against a backdrop of improvement, industrialization, evangelicalism, enlightenment and romanticism, it is not surprising that myriad Iolos emerged – the multi-gifted stonemason, the druidic bard, the labouring poet, the romantic myth-maker, the consummate forger, the political radical, the agricultural commentator, the apostle of anti-trinitarianism, and many others. His life was riddled with apparent ironies, paradoxes and contradictions, and the aim of this stimulating volume is to re-evaluate his diverse interests and to celebrate the multifaceted achievements of a flawed but endlessly fascinating self-styled ‘rattleskull genius’.
AB - Iolo Morganwg is arguably the most extraordinary figure in the entire cultural history of Wales. Since his long and turbulent career unfolded against a backdrop of improvement, industrialization, evangelicalism, enlightenment and romanticism, it is not surprising that myriad Iolos emerged – the multi-gifted stonemason, the druidic bard, the labouring poet, the romantic myth-maker, the consummate forger, the political radical, the agricultural commentator, the apostle of anti-trinitarianism, and many others. His life was riddled with apparent ironies, paradoxes and contradictions, and the aim of this stimulating volume is to re-evaluate his diverse interests and to celebrate the multifaceted achievements of a flawed but endlessly fascinating self-styled ‘rattleskull genius’.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/11485
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/1303
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780708319710
T3 - Iolo Morganwg and the Romantic Tradition in Wales
SP - 227
EP - 250
BT - A Rattleskull Genius
A2 - Jenkins, Geraint H.
PB - Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru | University of Wales Press
ER -