Writers' Views of Wild Wales - and Its Wilder Inhabitants ; Opinion: Elaine Morgan Thepensioner

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I'VE been reading an anthology on Wales published in the 1950s. Some of the items are translated from Welsh, others are by Welsh writers writing in English. Some are rarely thought of as Welsh, like the mystic poet George Herbert, born in Montgomery. His admirer Henry Vaughan - the "Swan of Usk" - described himself not as Welsh but Silurian, after the tribe that once occupied Gwent.

Examples of later Welsh authors writing in English range from Lloyd George to Jack Jones, and one of Dylan Thomas' best poems (Fern Hill) was written in time to be included.

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Writers' Views of Wild Wales - and Its Wilder Inhabitants ; Opinion: Elaine Morgan Thepensioner

But some of the most intriguing passages were those written about Wales by English commentators, including illustrious...

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