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The Guilt and Loneliness of Motherhood: “[…] pris am ei rhyddid a’i hannibyniaeth yw unigrwydd ac euogrwydd […] bris oedd gwerth ei dalu.” (Jane Edwards, Bara Seguryd)

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The Guilt and Loneliness of Motherhood: “[…] pris am ei rhyddid a’i hannibyniaeth yw unigrwydd ac euogrwydd […] bris oedd gwerth ei dalu.” (Jane Edwards, Bara Seguryd) . / Williams, Dawn.
2019. Paper presented at The Association for Welsh Writing in English.

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Williams, D 2019, 'The Guilt and Loneliness of Motherhood: “[…] pris am ei rhyddid a’i hannibyniaeth yw unigrwydd ac euogrwydd […] bris oedd gwerth ei dalu.” (Jane Edwards, Bara Seguryd) ', Paper presented at The Association for Welsh Writing in English, 10/05/19 - 12/05/19.

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Williams, D. (2019). The Guilt and Loneliness of Motherhood: “[…] pris am ei rhyddid a’i hannibyniaeth yw unigrwydd ac euogrwydd […] bris oedd gwerth ei dalu.” (Jane Edwards, Bara Seguryd) . Paper presented at The Association for Welsh Writing in English.

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Williams D. 2019. The Guilt and Loneliness of Motherhood: “[…] pris am ei rhyddid a’i hannibyniaeth yw unigrwydd ac euogrwydd […] bris oedd gwerth ei dalu.” (Jane Edwards, Bara Seguryd) . Paper presented at The Association for Welsh Writing in English.

MLA

Williams, Dawn The Guilt and Loneliness of Motherhood: “[…] pris am ei rhyddid a’i hannibyniaeth yw unigrwydd ac euogrwydd […] bris oedd gwerth ei dalu.” (Jane Edwards, Bara Seguryd) . The Association for Welsh Writing in English, 10 May 2019, Paper, 2019.

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Williams D. The Guilt and Loneliness of Motherhood: “[…] pris am ei rhyddid a’i hannibyniaeth yw unigrwydd ac euogrwydd […] bris oedd gwerth ei dalu.” (Jane Edwards, Bara Seguryd) . 2019. Paper presented at The Association for Welsh Writing in English.

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Williams, Dawn. / The Guilt and Loneliness of Motherhood : “[…] pris am ei rhyddid a’i hannibyniaeth yw unigrwydd ac euogrwydd […] bris oedd gwerth ei dalu.” (Jane Edwards, Bara Seguryd) . Paper presented at The Association for Welsh Writing in English.

RIS

TY - CONF

T1 - The Guilt and Loneliness of Motherhood

T2 - The Association for Welsh Writing in English

AU - Williams, Dawn

PY - 2019/5/11

Y1 - 2019/5/11

N2 - Jane Edwards’ novels Bara Seguryd (1969) and Dros Fryniau Bro Afallon (1976) reflect the struggles and revolution in women’s reproductive rights, and their new-found ability to choose what they did with their own bodies, either through the introduction of the contraceptive pill or the legalisation of abortion. Despite this change, the pressures and expectations on women to be mothers, and to carry the tradition of The Welsh Mam, remained. This, in turn, led to feelings of guilt, of loneliness, and a further distance between expectations of a different future and the reality of expected motherhood. Although new opportunities emerged, allowing women to have control over their bodies, it further exacerbated the pressure for them to be wives and mothers. This paper will examine the impact of a different age for women, through the experiences of young women in Jane Edwards’ two novels, and how this allows feelings of guilt and loneliness to develop at a time of supposed liberation for women’s autonomy of their bodies. With references to Saunders Lewis’ Monica and Rhys Davies’ short story ‘The Nightgown’, this paper will discuss the development of loneliness, and the feeling of ‘otherness’ that motherhood, or impending motherhood, brings; a feeling of growing distance that cannot be easily bridged.

AB - Jane Edwards’ novels Bara Seguryd (1969) and Dros Fryniau Bro Afallon (1976) reflect the struggles and revolution in women’s reproductive rights, and their new-found ability to choose what they did with their own bodies, either through the introduction of the contraceptive pill or the legalisation of abortion. Despite this change, the pressures and expectations on women to be mothers, and to carry the tradition of The Welsh Mam, remained. This, in turn, led to feelings of guilt, of loneliness, and a further distance between expectations of a different future and the reality of expected motherhood. Although new opportunities emerged, allowing women to have control over their bodies, it further exacerbated the pressure for them to be wives and mothers. This paper will examine the impact of a different age for women, through the experiences of young women in Jane Edwards’ two novels, and how this allows feelings of guilt and loneliness to develop at a time of supposed liberation for women’s autonomy of their bodies. With references to Saunders Lewis’ Monica and Rhys Davies’ short story ‘The Nightgown’, this paper will discuss the development of loneliness, and the feeling of ‘otherness’ that motherhood, or impending motherhood, brings; a feeling of growing distance that cannot be easily bridged.

KW - Welsh Writing

KW - Literature

M3 - Paper

Y2 - 10 May 2019 through 12 May 2019

ER -