Books published by University of Wales Press

Prompted by the catastrophic events of 9/11, Owain Arwel Hughes' autobiography is an open, honest story, with its recurring, poignant theme that the show must go on.

Wales has been served by a variety of legal systems and laws over the last two millennia. This book traces the various strands of Wales' legal history from its beginnings, identifying and assessing the importance of the native Welsh, Roman, and English influences to Wales' legal social identity.

This is a ground breaking comparative study of the fascinating connections between African Americans and the Welsh, beginning in the era of slavery and concluding with the experiences of African American GIs in wartime Wales.

The majority of historians have viewed Lloyd George's early career to 1896 as superficial. Based on research, the author asserts that Lloyd George had a very strong commitment to Home Rule, official status for the Welsh language and strong labour legislation, and that he campaigned against the tide to being these measures about.

This work considers the extent to which Wales has develped its own educational agenda in a range of areas from primary school to higher education. The limitations of this autonomy in relation to London are also examined.

The 5th in a series, this work conveys the conflicts and passions of a small group of individuals in Wales, weighing them against the turmoil caused by war and its effects on a significantly changing Britain.

This work offers a modern appraisal of the Welsh Methodist leader and revivalist, Howell Harris. His influence on the development of early Methodism is charted and the period from his conversion in 1735 to his secession with Daniel Rowland is examined.

Brings together a collection of interdisciplinary research papers on the changing identity of women in Wales. Research findings are complemented by cameo "voices" - personal accounts by a variety of individual women living and working in Wales.

Although studies of gender in medieval culture have tended to focus on femininity, the study of medieval masculinities has developed greatly over the last few years. This book concentrates on this aspect of medieval gender studies, and looks at the ways in which varieties of medieval masculinity intersected with concepts of holiness.

The contributors to this text provide a critical evaluation of some of the main ideas associated with civil society and, by drawing on original empirical research, will explore the mechanics of civil society across a number of areas.

Kerstin Hensel is one of the most productive young writers in Germany. This volume begins with a story by Hensel, and an interview with the author. Subsequent essays analyse all aspects of her writing, including poetry, plays and prose.

In this text, the author uses the novels of Robin Llywelyn as a focus for her discussion of the complex relationship between author, reader and society, at the end of the 20th century.

This work looks at the impact of five "archetypal" figures on literature and culture of the 1790s in Britain. The figures covered are: Tewdrig, the hermit-king; Vortigen, the Dark-Age traitor, the Polish General Kosciusko; Iolo Morganwg; and the Jacobin demagogue John Thelwall.

"Theatre in Madrid and Barcelona, 1892-1936" is an account of a period of momentous transformation in Spanish cultural history. It provides detailed analysis of the artistic, political and linguistic contexts of Spanish and Catalan theatre before the Spanish Civil War.

The first edition of a critical study of Le Voyage du Chevalier Errant (1557), a French allegory translated into Welsh at the end of the 16th century, comprising the complete text in Welsh, a comprehensive preface considering the historical, social and literary context of the text and detailed explanatory notes.

This work aims at presenting Kitchener Davies as a pioneering, versatile author whose literary output continues to be of value. The selection also contains two introductory essays - the first introduces the man and his work and the second is a semi-personal view of Davis by his daughter Manon Rhys.

An examination of images of the Virgin Mary in medieval theological, philosophical and literary texts. It shows how the figure of Mary influences the depiction of female characters in sacred writing, and considers key issues in Western thinking about women, Christianity and domestic culture.

This work examines the Welsh acting tradition. Although lacking a metropolitan centre, a culture developed in which both chapels and schools encouraged recitations and performances. Each chapter evokes an actor and assesses their work, career and contribution made to film and theatre in general.

This collection of essays on Peter Schneider include a biography by Colin Riordan and an interview with Schneider conducted by Colin Riordan and Rhys W. Williams.

Walters focuses on the constitution of meaning and sense in Lorca's poetry. He traces the development of Lorca's work up to "Canciones" and offers a full and detailed reading of that collection which explicates many poems often thought to be obscure or enigmatic.

Explores the development of the language of interiority in the medieval literature. The book discusses the correspondences between the discourse of love in the Song of Songs and the language of mysticism in the writings of William of St Thierry and Richard Rolle.

A collection of academic essays by literary critics and writers of crime fiction - including a reflective essay by Ian Rankin on his own work - that explores the relationship between crime fiction and the urban spaces of the capital city.

This study examines Stoker's contribution to the modern notion of Gothic and demonstrates that Gothic excess is Stoker's way of focusing on social, economic, and political problems. What makes this study unique is that it privileges Stoker's development of modern Gothic in Dracula but also addresses Stoker's works that are decidedly not Gothic.