THE CAMBRIAN MUSE: WELSH IDENTITY AND HANOVERIAN LOYALTY IN THE POEMS OF JANE BRERETON (1685-1740).

Examines the work of the Anglo-Welsh poet Jane Brereton in the context of critical interest in constructions of British national identity in the eighteenth century. Commitment of Brereton to the Hanoverian monarchs and the Anglo-British center; Expression of Welsh identity in her poetry; Claims that Brereton's national identity is informed by ideas of British unity rather than Welsh independence.