Red Hearts and Roses? : Welsh Valentine Songs and Poems
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1786833719
ISBN-13
9781786833716
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Imprint
University of Wales Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 9th, 2019
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
510 grams
Dimensions
21.30 x 13.30 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: poetry & poetsFolklore, myths & legends
Ksh 2,350.00
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This volume presents the story of the saint who gave his name to the festival of lovers, Saint Valentine, known in Wales as Sant Ffolant, focusing specifically on the Welsh poetry written over the centuries on the feast day of Saint Valentine in mid-February.
Red Hearts and Roses? paints a vivid picture of Saint Valentine, known in Wales as Sant Ffolant. This book focuses on the Welsh poetry written over the centuries on the feast day of Saint Valentine in mid-February. Rhiannon Ifans presents sixty-nine poems from manuscripts held at various libraries and personal collections of unpublished poems. Ifans also provides English translations of those poems, some musical accompaniments, and photographs of a collection of six ornately printed Valentines from the late nineteenth century sent by a hopeful lover. A lively introduction to the little-known Welsh Saint Valentine’s Day poems, this book will benefit historians, social scientists, and linguists.
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