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Book Description: Boydell & Brewer Ltd. Hardback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., Cornish Literature, Brian O. Murdoch, This work places Cornish literature - the works of the medieval and Reformation periods and the smaller works of late Cornish, and indeed of the recent revival -into a British, Celtic and European literary context. The Cornish works are evaluated and compared with similar texts in a variety of languages, including medieval Latin, English, French, Breton and German. After an introduction to Cornish as such, full chapters are devoted to the poem of the Passion, to the great mystery cycle of the 'Ordinalia', to the very different later Creation drama, and to the impressive and quite wrongly neglected drama of Saint Meriasek, the sole surviving example in Britain of a non-biblical saint play on a large scale. A final chapter looks at the work of the eighteenth-century antiquarians who struggled to find and preserve what scraps they could of a language that they knew to be dying as a vehicle of social intercourse, and then at the literature which has been and which is still being produced by the revivalists. This is the first full-scale presentation of Cornish writings as literature, and it should be of interest in particular to the medievalist-at-large, and especially anyone interested in medieval drama. All quotations are provided with translations. BRIAN MURDOCH is head of the Department of German at Stirling University. In 1989 he was Visiting Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; he became Litt.D. (Cambridge) in 1992 for publications in modern and medieval Germanic and Celtic languages. Bookseller Inventory # B9780859913645

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Book Description: BOYDELL and BREWER INC 01/04/2012, 2012. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New print on demand book. Shipped from US. This item is printed on demand. Bookseller Inventory # IJ-9780859913645

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Book Description: Boydell and Brewer Ltd Country = UNITED KINGDOM, 2012. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 188 pages. This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. {Publisher's Publication Date = 1993} Offers a comparative study of Cornish literature, placing it in a wider context and looking at major works. black and white illustrations (Hardback). Bookseller Inventory # AB0859913643

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Book Description: BOYDELL and BREWER INC 01/05/2012, 2012. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New print on demand book. Shipped from US. This item is printed on demand. Bookseller Inventory # IO-9780859913645

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Book Description: Boydell Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom, 1993. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 234 x 156 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery ***** Print on Demand *****. This work places Cornish literature - the works of the medieval and Reformation periods and the smaller works of late Cornish, and indeed of the recent revival -into a British, Celtic and European literary context. The Cornish works are evaluated and compared with similar texts in a variety of languages, including medieval Latin, English, French, Breton and German. After an introduction to Cornish as such, full chapters are devoted to the poem of the Passion, to the great mystery cycle of the 'Ordinalia', to the very different later Creation drama, and to the impressive and quite wrongly neglected drama of Saint Meriasek, the sole surviving example in Britain of a non-biblical saint play on a large scale. A final chapter looks at the work of the eighteenth-century antiquarians who struggled to find and preserve what scraps they could of a language that they knew to be dying as a vehicle of social intercourse, and then at the literature which has been and which is still being produced by the revivalists.This is the first full-scale presentation of Cornish writings as literature, and it should be of interest in particular to the medievalist-at-large, and especially anyone interested in medieval drama. All quotations are provided with translations. BRIAN MURDOCH is head of the Department of German at Stirling University. In 1989 he was Visiting Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; he became Litt.D. (Cambridge) in 1992 for publications in modern and medieval Germanic and Celtic languages. Bookseller Inventory # APC9780859913645

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Book Description: Boydell and Brewer, 2012. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 9.21 by 6 inches. (00184 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. {Publisher's Publication Date = 1993-02-11 00:00:00} [ships from USA takes 8-14 days to Europe] Lang=English accessory:NO ACCESSORY (Hardcover ). Bookseller Inventory # AF0859913643

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Book Description: Ds Brewer, 1993. HRD. Book Condition: Brand New. 184 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # zk0859913643

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Book Description: Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 156mm x 13mm x 234mm. Print on Demand 184 pages. 0.440. Bookseller Inventory # 9780859913645

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