Emyr Humphreys bibliography

This is a bibliography of some of the novels, the poems and articles of the author Emyr Humphreys and some of the books written about him.^[1][2]

Novels[]

• The Little Kingdom; Eyre and Spottiswoode, London. (1946). (Translated into Welsh as Darn o Dir by W. J. Jones (Gwilym Fychan); Gwasg Gwynedd, Penygroes (1986) ^[3])
• The Voice of A Stranger; Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, (1949).
• A Change of Heart; Eyre and Spottiswoode, London. (1951).
• Hear and Forgive; Victor Edlancz, London, (1952).
• A Man's Estate; Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, (1955): Dent, London. (1988); and Parthian, Cardigan (2006) ISBN 9781902638867.^[4] (Translated into Welsh as Etifedd y Glyn by W. J. Jones (Gwilym Fychan) Gwasg Gomer (1981) ISBN 978-0850889352.^[5] The translation was adapted into a television drama called Brodyr a Chwiorydd (Brothers and Sisters) . Broadcast on S4C between 3 and 24 April 1994 ^[6] )
• The Italian Wife; Eyre and Spottiswoode, London (1957).
• A Toy Epic; Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, (1958); and Seren, Bridgend, (1989) ISBN 978-1854110091.^[7] (Translated into Welsh as Y Tri Llais by Humphreys in 1958 republished by Cyhoeddiadau Mei in 1985 ISBN 978-0905775463 ^[8]
• The Gift; Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, (1963).
• Outside the House of Baal; Eyre and Spottiswoode, London. (1965) and Seren, Bridgend. (1996) ISBN 9781854111029
• The Anchor Tree; Hodder and Stoughton, London, (1980).
• Jones; Dent, London. (1984).
• Unconditional Surrender; Seren, Bridgend, (1996) ISBN 9781854111647
• The Gift of a Daughter; Seren, Bridgend, (1998). ISBN 978-1854112224
• The Shop; Seren, Bridgend, (2005). ISBN 978-1854113900 ^[9]

The Land of the Living series[]

1. Flesh and Blood; Hodder and Stoughton, London. (1974); Sphere. (1986); and University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (1999). ISBN 978-0708315125^[10]
2. The Best of Friends; Hodder and Stoughton, London, (1978) ISBN 978-0340229644; Sphere, (1987) ISBN 9780722142028 and University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (1999)ISBN 9780708315651.^[10]
3. Salt of the Earth; Dent, London. (1985) ISBN 978-0460046619; and University of Wales Press, Cardiff. (1999).^[10]
4. An Absolute Hero; Dent, London, (1986); Sphere, (1988) ISBN 9780722141922 and University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (2000) ISBN 9780708315934.^[10]
5. Open Secrets; Sphere (1989) ISBN 978-0747403562^[10]
6. National Winner; Macdonald, London. (1971) ISBN 978-0356035970; Sphere (1990) ISBN 9780747406112 and University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (2000) ISBN 9780708316511.^[10]
7. Bonds of Attachment; University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (2001) ISBN 978-0708316252^[10]

Short stories[]

Collections[]

• Natives; Seeker and Warburg, London, (1968) ISBN 978-0436209802
  • A Mystical Experience
  • The Rigours of Inspection**
  • The Hero**
  • The Suspect
  • With All My Heart
  • An Artistic Mission
  • A List of Good People
  • Mels Secret Love"
  • Dinas (City)
  • A Cheerful Note
• Miscellany Two; Poetry Wales Press, Bridgend (1981) ISBN 978-0907476054
  • Boys in a Boat
  • A Corner of a Field
  • Down in the Heel
  • The Arrest
• Ghosts and Strangers; Seren, Bridgend (2001) ISBN 978-1854112996
  • Lady Ramrod
  • Ghosts and Strangers
  • Melina
  • Penrhyn Hen**
• Old People Are a Problem; Seren, Bridgend. (2003) ISBN 978-1854113313
  • Old People Are a Problem
  • Before the War
  • The Man in the Mist
  • The Arrest
  • Sisters
  • An Ethnic Tremor
  • Looking After Ruthie
  • Glasshouses
• The Woman at the Window, Seren, Bridgend (2009) ISBN 9781854114891 ^[11]
  • The Grudge
  • The Woman at the Window
  • Rendezvous
  • The Comet
  • Luigi
  • Vennerberg's Ghost
  • Nomen
  • Home
  • The Ring and the Book
  • The Garden Cottage
  • Three Old Men

Individual short stories[]

• The New Statesman:
  • A Girl on the Ice; (1953).
  • The Obstinate Bottle; (1953).
• Welsh Short Stories, ed. G. Ewart Evans; London: Faber. (1959):
  • Mrs Armitage; pp. 246–59.
• The Shining Pyramid. ed. Sam Adams a Roland Mathias; Gwasg Gomer, Llandysul (1970)
  • The Rigours of Inspection; pp. 135–46.
• The Penguin Book of Welsh Short Stories; ed. Alun Richards; Penguin. (1976):
  • Mel's Secret Love; pp. 318–58.
• Mabon I; Gwasg Gee. (1978):
  • The Arrest.
• The Green Bridge, ed. John Davies; Seren, Bridgend. (1988):
  • The Arrest; pp. 197–208.
• The New Penguin Book of Welsh Short Stories, ed. Alun Lewis; Viking. (1993):
  • The Suspect; pp. 243–64.
• Planet:
  • Penrhyn Hen. A Short Story – Part I; (February/ March 1997), pp. 42–57.
  • Penrhyn Hen. A Short Story – Part II; (April/May 1997), pp. 63–74.
  • An Ethnic Tremor; (April/May 1999), pp. 17–26.
  • Vennerberg's Ghost; (April/May 2000), pp. 47–59.
  • Luigi; (June/July 2002), pp. 73–78.
  • Nomen; (June/July 2003), pp. 27–30.
  • The Grudge; (October/November 2006), pp 18–29.
  • Rendezvous; (February/ March 2008). pp. 51–59.

Poetry[]

• Ancestor Worship; Gwasg Gee, (1970).
• Landscapes: A Sequence of Songs; Chimera Press, (1979) (Music by Alun Hoddinot) ISBN 9780193454323
• Penguin Modern Poets Rhif 27 John Ormond, Emyr Humphreys, John Tripp; Penguin, London:. (1979) ISBN 978-0140421927
• The Kingdom of Bran; Keith Holmes, London (1979).
• Miscellany 2; Poetry Wales Press, Bridgend (1981).
• Collected Poems; University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (1999) ISBN 978-0708315118
• Shards of Light; University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (2018) ISBN 978-1786833518 ^[12]

Drama[]

• Outside Time Channel 4 Television (1991) (Broadcast on Channel 4 on 3 September 1991, as Outside Time: Alternative Heroes Directed by his son ^[13])

Non-fiction[]

• Theatr Saunders Lewis (Astudiaethau Theatr Cymru); Cymdeithas Theatr Cymru (1979)
• The Triple Net: A portrait of the writer Kate Roberts 1891–1985; Channel 4 Television, (1988) ISBN 978-1851440078
• The Taliesin Tradition: A Quest for the Welsh Identity; Seren, Bridgend, (1989) ISBN 978-1854112460
• The Crucible of Myth; Swansea University, (1990).
• Dal Pen Rheswm: Cyfweliadau Gydag Emyr Humphreys; (Making Sense: Interviews with Emyr Williams) Jones, R Arwel, University of Wales Press, Cardiff (1999) ISBN 978-0708315613
• Emyr Humphreys: Conversations and Reflections with M. Wynn Thomas ; ed. M. Wynn Thomas; University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (2002). ISBN 978-0708317358

Books about Emyr Humphreys and his work[]

• Emyr Humphreys (Writers of Wales); Williams Ioan; University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (1980) ISBN 978-0708307502
• Llen y Llenor: Emyr Humphreys; Thomas, M. Wynn; Gwasg y Bwthyn, Caernarfon ISBN 9780000171504 ^[14]
• Approaches to the Study of Emyr Humphreys' "Toy Epic"; Davies, Pam & Nicholas, Mary. Uned Iaith Genedlaethol Cymru (1994) ISBN 978-0946737390
• The Fiction of Emyr Humphreys: Contemporary Critical Perspectives (Writing Wales in English); Peach, Lyndon; University of Wales Press, Cardiff (2011) ISBN 9780708322161 ^[15]
• Emyr Humphreys (Writers of Wales); Thomas, M. Wynn; University of Wales Press, Cardiff, (2018) ISBN 978-1-78683-296-2 ^[16]
• Emyr Humphreys: A Postcolonial Novelist; Green, Diane, Cardiff University of Wales Press (2009) ISBN 978-0-7083-2259-8

References[]