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English[en]
‘West Barbary’ was a name used in the 18th & 19th centuries to describe Cornwall; a wild, dangerous and primitive land, populated by smugglers, wreckers, food-rioters and miners. This anthology brings together in one collection Anglo-Cornish poetry from the Renaissance to the 20th century.
Cornish[kw]
‘West Barbary’ o hanow devnydhys yn etegves ha nownsegves kansblydhen rag deskrifa Kernow; bro gwyls, elvennek ha peryllus, poblys gans gwikoryon, gwrekkoryon, sordysi-boes ha tus-bal. An kuntelles a vardhonegow ma a dhri warbarth, yn unn guntelles, bardhonieth Sows-Kernewek a-dhiworth an Renaissance dhe’n ugensves kansblydhen.