A collection of five perceptive critical studies of the work of Saunders Lewis and R.S. Thomas in their relationships with their nation, in comparison with T.S. Eliot and Simone Weil, all four being representative of the anti-modern movement.
Dr Grahame Davies is a poet, novelist, editor and literary critic who has won numerous prizes - including the Wales Book of the Year Award. John Rowlands was Professor of Welsh at Aberystwyth University. He was an author and was formerly series editor of Y Meddwl A'r Dychymyg Cymreig.