Cornwall's Literary Heritage

The fascinating history of Cornwall’s remarkable literary heritage as well as being a guide to the locations where that heritage can still be found.

Cornwall has a special literary heritage. Its writers and poets seem to come from its rich, deep and ancient rock formations, unique geology and proximity to the sea. Cornwall’s writers have been shaped by landscape, from its bardic tradition and ancient language of Kernewek to the present day.

In the north, the literary giant of Thomas Hardy l...