Produktbild
Rhiannon Ifans

Red Hearts and Roses?

Welsh Valentine Songs and Poems

Ebook (EPUB Format)

Who was Saint Valentine, the saint who gave his name to the festival of lovers? Where do red hearts and roses fit in? Or do they? This volume addresses these questions, but focuses more specifically on the previously unpublished Welsh poetry written over the centuries on the feast day of Saint Valentine in mid- February, the one saint's day in the Christian calendar of saints that does not depend on the Church for its celebration. Far from resembling anything else on offer in any other part of the UK, these Welsh songs are lyrical, expressive, and often in cynghanedd. This volume analyses this rich collection of extant Welsh Saint Valentine's… Mehr

CHF 14.80

Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)

Versandfertig innerhalb 1-3 Werktagen
Versandkostenfrei

Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-78683-373-0
  • EAN: 9781786833730
  • Produktnummer: 29863312
  • Verlag: University of Wales Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 368 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 7'510 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor


Rhiannon Ifans is Dyson Fellow in the Faculty of Humanities and Performing Arts, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She is General Secretary of the Welsh Folk Song Society, and editor of the annual journal Canu Gwerin / Folk Song.

10 weitere Werke von Rhiannon Ifans:


Bewertungen


0 von 0 Bewertungen

Geben Sie eine Bewertung ab!

Teilen Sie Ihre Erfahrungen mit dem Produkt mit anderen Kunden.