Shakespeare and Wales from the marches to the assembly (Ashgate, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: a Welsh correction. 1. Shakespeare's Welsh grandmother -- 2. Thirteen ways of looking like a Welshman : Shakespeare and his contemporaries -- 3. Glyn Dwr, Glendouer, Glendourdy and Glendower -- 4. Rhymer, minstrel lady Mortimer and the power of Welsh words -- 5. 'bastard Normans, Norman bastards' : anomalous identities in the life of Henry the Fift -- 6. Shakespeare's 'welsch men' and the 'King's English' -- 7. 'O, I am ignorance itself in this!' : listening to Welsh in Shakespeare and Armin -- 8. Contextualizing 1610 : Cymbeline, The Valiant Welshman, and The Princes of Wales -- 9. Cymbeline, the translatio imperii, and the matter of Britain -- 10. 'Howso'er 'tis strange ... Yet is it true' : the British history, fiction and performance in -- 11. 'Let a Welsh correction teach you a good English condition' : Shakespeare, Wales and the critics -- 12. Cackling home to Camelot : Shakespeare's Welsh roots -- Afterword translating Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Wales offers a 'Welsh correction' to a long-standing deficiency. It brings together experts in the field from both sides of the Atlantic to establish a detailed historical context that illustrates the range and richness of Shakespeare's Welsh sources and resources, and confirms the degree to which Shakespeare continues to impact upon Welsh culture and identity