Overview

This volume presents acomparison of Welsh writing in English and Catalan writing inSpanish, andanalysesthe work of selected authors from each literature:Harri Webb, R. S. Thomas and Rhys Davies from Wales;Albert Snchez Piol and Eduardo Mendoza from Catalonia.From a resistance literature perspective,the authorasks whether it is possiblefor aliterature of national resistanceto existin a language that is not the national language. Traditionally, Welsh literature and Catalan literature have been defined as literatureswritten in WelshorCatalan while positions are shifting, the idea that there could be national resistance literature written in other languagesremainsnovel.Resistance literature is not an approachpreviously appliedto study either Welsh writing in English or Catalan writing in Spanish, andthis book argues that thewritings under consideration haveproducedvarying degrees of'resistance literature'.

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Author:   Catriona Coutts
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
Imprint:   University of Wales Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781837723423

ISBN 10:   1837723427
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   15 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Note on Terminology Introduction A Brief History of Wales and Catalonia The Development of Resistance Literature Theory Resistance Literature Approach Resistance Theory in Wales and Catalonia Types of Resistance Choice of Author Chapter 1 – Harri Webb and ‘The Saga of Welsh Resistance’ Introduction Wales as a Colony Resistance Wales United A Popular Poet Recovering History Chapter 2 – ‘The darker our twilight hours, the more blessed will be the dawn of those who will come after us’: Catalonia – the Nation that was and the State that will be Introduction Catalan National Traditions Catalonia Versus Castile Oppression of Catalans A People’s Resistance Chapter 3 – ‘Armed but not in the old way’: The Seeds of Hope in R. S. Thomas Introduction Wales and England in R. S. Thomas’s work A Living Nation? Speaking Truth to Power What is a Welshman? – Resistance or Mere Invective? Enclaves of Resistance Chapter 4 – Recovering History, Recovering Writers - Eduardo Mendoza’s La Ciudad de los Prodigios and Rhys Davies’s Rhondda Trilogy Introduction The State of their Nations Linking Struggles Figures of Resistance Historical Passages Types of Resistance Epilogue - A Growing Need for Resistance Literature? Bibliography

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Catriona Coutts was an associate researcher at Bangor University. She received her BA, MA, and PhD from Bangor University.

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