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Os ydan ni cymryd dim ond un peth mae hunan-gadarnhad organig y dwyfol yn amlygu ei hun ynddo, o uchel safbwynt, ac ystyried ei berthynas â gofod, â'r ddaear, â'r planedau. Foneddigion, os dwi'n taflu'r gath hon o'r ffenestr: sut bydd y creadur yma'n ymddwyn tuag at y centrum gravititis yn ôl ei natur ei hun?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003esoldier supplements his play by submitting to medical experiments by the regimental doctor, whilst growing ever suspicious of his lover. \u003cspan\u003eAn ambiguous, disturbing play that invites multiple interpretations, \u003cem\u003eWoyzeck \u003c\/em\u003eis one of the best known and most influential plays in Europe and is constantly being performed and adapted across the world. The work has been converted into several films, a ballet and an opera.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBüchner died aged just 23 before completing the play. 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The main literary prize in Germany, the Georg-Büchner-Preis, is named after him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 90pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53007040348492,"sku":"MB0043","price":1.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237574.jpg?v=1753714510"},{"product_id":"rheinallt-ap-gruffydd","title":"Rheinallt ap Gruffydd (Isaac Foulkes)","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e“Un ymhen un; dyn dwy lath ymhen dyn dwy lath, ac mi \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003ea ymladdaf hyd y diferyn olaf o waed sydd yn fy nghalon!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eFlintshire, the 15th century. The Wars of the Roses have divided Britain. Those Welshmen who cross the border to England are treated as second-class citizens, suffering under laws which as unjust, arbitrary and cruel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eWhen renowned poet Lewys Glyn Cothi is punished for marrying an Englishwoman, he seeks assistance from Welsh nobleman Rheinallt ap Gruffydd, to exact his revenge... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eIsaac Foulkes (1836-1904) was one of the extremely productive literary figures of Victorian Wales: he was the founder of \u003cem\u003eY Cymro \u003c\/em\u003eand Ceiriog and Daniel Owen's biographer (and erstwhile editor), and published innumerable books. Among them was \u003cem\u003eRheinallt ap Gruffydd\u003c\/em\u003e, an early example in Welsh of the popular genre of Historical Romance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 116 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53007186329932,"sku":"MB0044","price":1.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237451.jpg?v=1753715202"},{"product_id":"llywelyn-beriah-gwynfe-evans","title":"Llywelyn (Beriah Gwynfe Evans)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e“What would you have him be, then?”\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e“What his grandfather was before him – Prince of Wales in name and deed, one under whose leadership every Cymro could fight, be he Gogleddwr or Deheuwr, one to whose standard the men of Maesyfed, as well as of Gwent, Morganwg, Dyfed, and Arfon could alike flock and under whose reign rich and poor, noble and peasant, could have equal justice.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe year is 1262 and Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd, is about to embark on a daring plan to cast off the yoke of the detested Norman Marcher Lords and unite all of Wales under his banner. But with all the might of the English crown seemingly against him, how can he hope to triumph?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eBeriah Gwynfe Evans (1848-1926) was a prolific novelist of the Victorian era in both Welsh and English, particularly associated with the genre of the historical romance. \u003ci\u003eLlywelyn\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel written in English, was one of a sequence of\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ehistorical novels he referred to as the ‘Gwynfe Novels’ covering the breadth of Welsh history, in which he hoped to produce a Welsh equivalent to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eWaverley novels of Walter Scott.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePaperback, 284pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53007258911052,"sku":"MB0045","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237468.jpg?v=1753715670"},{"product_id":"bronwen","title":"Bronwen (Beriah Gwynfe Evans)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e“Ond eto un gair. A ydyw y telerau hyn yr wyt ti er dy anrhydedd, Syr Frenin, yn caniatáu i ni, yn gyfyngedig i ni ein chwech, neu ynte, a awdurdodir ni i’w cludo ar flaenau ein gwaywffyn, yn ôl i’n gwersyll, ac yno i’w cyhoeddi yng wyneb haul, llygad goleuni, i bob Cymro yn ddieithriaid?” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e“Gydag ond un eithriad,” ebe’r brenin. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e“A’r un hwnnw?” gofynnai y Marchog. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e“GLYNDŴR!” oedd yr ateb... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eThe Berwyn mountains, 1400. The fiendish knight Sir Philip Marglee has been sent by his master, de Grey, to take posession of a piece of his land belonging to his neighbour. Little does anyone suspect that this skirmish will turn into a rebellion that engulfs the whole country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eBeriah Gwynfe Evans (1848-1927) was one of the most productive literary figures of his age in Wales. He wrote a number of novels in Welsh and English, many of which portray events and periods in Welsh history in a deliberate attempt to produce a Welsh version of the Scottish historical novels of Walter Scott. \u003cem\u003eBronwen,\u003c\/em\u003e subtitled 'a historical legend of Owain Glyndŵr', was his first novel and exists in both Welsh and English versions; this is the Welsh version. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003ePaperback, 316pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53007308554572,"sku":"MB0046","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237536.jpg?v=1753716127"},{"product_id":"caniadau-john-morris-jones","title":"Caniadau (John Morris-Jones)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"WordSection1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PreformattedText\" style=\"margin-left: 42.55pt; text-indent: -1.0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: CY;\"\u003e“Henaint ni ddaw ei hunan”;—daw ag och\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: CY;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: CY;\"\u003e    Gydag ef, a chwynfan,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: CY;\"\u003eAc anhunedd maith weithian,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: CY;\"\u003eA huno maith yn y man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: -1cm; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eAs a scholar and linguist, John Morris-Jones (1864-1929) is one of the most important figures of any period in Welsh literature and played a vital role in the renaissance in Welsh poetry at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: -1cm; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eAlthough his own poetry is considered less important than his work in other fields, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaniadau\u003c\/i\u003e, the only volume of poems he published, was extremely influential in its day and a key part of his wider campaign to improve linguistic and poetic standards amongst his fellow Welsh. It includes famous lyrics like 'Cwyn y Gwynt' (the Wind's Complaint) as well as enlynion and awldau. He was also a skilled translator of poetry written in other languages, and this also forms an important part of \u003ci\u003eCaniadau\u003c\/i\u003e, incluyding ‘Verses by Omar Khayyâm’\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ea rare example of a translation into Welsh of a literary work written in a non-European language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 184pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56490003792204,"sku":"MB0053","price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237710.jpg?v=1768396605"},{"product_id":"syniadau-ar-y-mor-gwenffrwd","title":"Syniadau ar y Môr (Gwenffrwd)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e“...pan hulio nos o gystudd \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eDros ein llwybrau cnawdol cu, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003ePan na fedd daear un llawenydd, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eTrown ein trem i’r nefoedd fry.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eA native of Flintshire in north-east Wales, the poet Gwenffrwd, the bardic name of Thomas Lloyd Jones (1810-1834), died in exile in Mobile, Alabama, from yellow fever aged just twenty three.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eHe published a total of fifty-one poems during his short life, which have been collected together for the first time in this volume. 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