By Aled Llion Jones
The Welsh literary culture is in lots of methods sui generis: few medieval cultures gave similar admire to their poets. This booklet is the 1st in over seven many years to discover the literary, theological, and philosophical relevance of a a little bit neglected, yet remarkably strong, physique of Welsh literature—the daroganau, or, political prophecies. attractive the severe culture exemplified by way of such writers as Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Derrida, Paul de guy, Roland Barthes, and Paul Ricoeur, Aled Llion Jones delves into the technique of expression in those radical philosophies of nationalism, internationalism, and allegorical eschatology, in addition to their breathtakingly attractive use of language and shape.
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