A Toy Epic
- 210 stránek
- 8 hodin čtení
A Toy Epic is the story of three boys moving towards the threshold of adult life in the Thirties. From differing backgrounds, their lives cross and touch until they become firm friends.
Emyr Humphreys je přední velšský romanopisec, básník a autor, který píše v angličtině i ve velštině. Jeho dílo je ceněno pro svou hloubku a jazykovou zdatnost. Humphreys zkoumá složité lidské vztahy a waleskou identitu. Jeho tvorba představuje významný přínos pro literaturu.


A Toy Epic is the story of three boys moving towards the threshold of adult life in the Thirties. From differing backgrounds, their lives cross and touch until they become firm friends.
In The Taliesin Tradition, Emyr Humphreys shows how literature in Wales has reshaped and reasserted Welsh identity in the face of English cultural imperialism. Figures such as Taliesin, a sixth century poet, Myrddin (Merlin), the bards of medieval princes, Dr John Dee, Iolo Morganwg, Mabon, Lloyd George, and Saunders Lewis have all redefined the image of Wales in their own historical periods. Wales has been, in turn, a bastion of British Christianity, the basis of Tudor imperialism, a haven for the Romantics, a leader of Liberalism and Socialism, and the inspiration for twentieth century Welsh nationalism. Tracing the links in this chain, Humphreys identifies a situation increasingly common in Europe and elsewhere: the preservation of a national past in the context of an international future. His book reflects the vital relationship between literature and identity, between poetry and politics.