{"product_id":"9781915279262","title":"Abandon All Hope","description":"Author: Gary Raymond\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781915279262\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Wales Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Aug 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I awoke from a deep sleep I had taken under the shade of a tree in a field at the outskirts of a dark wood, without remembering how I had gotten there, or, indeed, where it was exactly, I had gotten.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins a most unusual odyssey, in which a writer  who bears a striking similarity to our author, Gary Raymond  allows himself to be led through the many-layered realms of Welsh literature, not by Virgil but by the late Professor Raymond Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking in the history of Welsh writing in English from the legacy of the bardic tradition to contemporary experimental works, \u003ci\u003eAbandon All Hope\u003c\/i\u003e introduces Welsh literature in a way it has never been presented before  as cutting edge, experimental, vibrant, exciting, intimate, and with a multitude of voices. This voyage into a uniquely Welsh Inferno offers a revolutionary new way to examine and explain literary history, traversing elements of chronology and genre, in a wide-ranging and, above all, highly entertaining manifesto for a new perception of Welsh literature both inside and outside of Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861483344030,"sku":"ADS-9781915279262","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781915279262.jpg?v=1779252508","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781915279262","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}