Memory [Atgof]: English Translation of Crown Poem.

Rhys (E. [Edward] Prosser)

Memory [Atgof]: English Translation of Crown Poem.

Translated by Hywel Davies.

Description: FIRST EDITION, pp. 14, foolscap 8vo, original stapled buff wrappers, some light rubbing and the staples rusted, good

Publication Details: Pontypool: The Committee of the Royal National Eisteddfod, [1924]

Notes: A notable, and scarce, publication - the prize-winning poem at the National Eisteddfod not generally published or translated. That it was is perhaps a token of the stir that Rhys's poem created. Subtitled 'The Story of a Sensible Lad', it is an ecstatic exploration of youthful feeling - 'When I would yield myself to every whim,/ And taste delight of the forbidden fruit'. The amorous episodes recounted include relationships with both men and women.

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Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: [1924]

Stock Number: 75497

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