{"product_id":"abandon-all-hope-gary-raymond-9781915279262","title":"Abandon All Hope: A Personal Journey Through the History of Welsh Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn accessible introduction to the history of Wales's literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking in the history of Welsh writing from the legacy of the Bardic tradition to contemporary experimental works, \u003ci\u003eAbandon All Hope \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Raymond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915279267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915279262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Calon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Gary Raymond","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46293088600319,"sku":"9781915279262","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0c84f2b-6eb3-46b8-bdcc-786056d45d32.jpg?v=1730212093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/abandon-all-hope-gary-raymond-9781915279262","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}