Introduction Geraint Evans and Helen Fulton; Part I. Britain, Wales, England: 1. Britain, Wales, England, c. 600-[...]yn Rhys Roberts; 2. Britons and Saxons: the earliest writing in Welsh Helen Fulton; 3. Magic and marvels Mark Williams; 4. Commemorating the past after 1066: tales from the Mabinogion Diana Luft; 5. Court poetry and historiography before 1282 Catherine McKenna; 6. The aftermath of 1282: Dafydd ap Gwilym and his contemporaries Dafydd Johnston; 7. Literary networks and patrons in late medieval Wales Helen Fulton; Part II. After the Acts of Union: 8. The Acts of Union: culture and religion in Wales, c. 1540-1700 Katharine K. Olson; 9. Welsh humanism after 1536 Angharad Price; 10. Drama and performance in medieval and early modern Wales David N. Klausner; 11. Tudor London and the origins of Welsh writing in English Geraint Evans; 12. Bibles and bards in Tudor and early Stuart Wales Gruffydd Aled Williams; Part III. Revolution and Industry: 13. Revolution, culture, and industry, c. 1700-1850 Paul O'Leary; 14. Antiquarianism and Englightenment in the eighteenth century Mary-Ann Constantine; 15. Romantic Wales and the Eisteddfod Elizabeth Edwards; 16. Popular poetry, methodism, and the ascendancy of the hymn E. Wyn James; 17. Travel, translation, and temperance: the origins of the Welsh novel Katie Gramich; Part IV. The Transition to Modernity: 18. The modern age, c. 1850-1945 Chris Williams; 19. T. Gwynn Jones and the renaissance of Welsh poetry Robert Rhys; 20. Industrial fiction Stephen Knight; 21. From nonconformist nation to proletarian nation: writing Wales, 1885-1930 M. Wynn Thomas; 22. The short story in the twentieth century Michelle Deininger; 23. Welsh modernist writing in Wales and London Geraint Evans; 24. The poetry revolution: Dylan Thomas and his circle William Christie; Part V. The Path to Nationhood in the Late Twentieth Century: 25. Debating nationhood, c. 1945-2000 Seán Aeron Martin and Mari Elin Wiliam; 26. The legacy of Saunders Lewis Tudur Hallam; 27. R. S. Thomas, Emyr Humphreys, and the possibility of a bilingual culture Andrew Webb; 28. Inventing Welsh writing in English Diana Wallace; 29. Exile and diaspora: Welsh writing outside Wales Melinda Gray; 30. Literary periodicals and the publishing industry Lisa Sheppard; 31. 'Beyond the Fields We Know': Wales and fantasy literature Susan Aronstein; 32. Theatre, film, and television in Wales in the twentieth century Jamie Medhurst; Part VI. After Devolution: 33. The dragon finds a tongue: devolution and government in Wales since 1997 Kevin Williams; 34. 'Amlhau Lleisiau'n Llên': birth and rebirth in Welsh-language literature, 1990-2014 Ll¿r Gwyn Lewis; 35. Writing the size of Wales Alice Entwistle; Afterword Geraint Evans and Helen Fulton.