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This volume is unique in offering a comprehensive discussion of the subject. It will appeal widely to medievalists, to Welsh and Celtic scholars and to those non-specialists who have felt the fascination of the figure of Arthur and wish to know more. Little, if anything, is known historically of Arthur, yet for centuries the romances of Arthur and his court dominated the imaginative literature of Europe in many languages. The roots of this vast flowering of the Arthurian legend are to be found in early Welsh tradition and this volume gives an account of the Arthurian literature produced in Wales, in both Welsh and Latin, during the Middle Ages. The distinguished contributors offer a comprehensive view of recent scholarship relating to Arthurian literature in early Welsh and other Brythonic sources. The volume includes chapters on the "historical" Arthur, Arthur in early Welsh verse, the legend of Merlin, the tales of Culhwch ac Olwen, Geraint, Owain, Peredur, The Dream of Rhonabwy and Trystan ac Esyllt. Other chapters investigate the evidence for the growth of the Arthurian theme in the Triads and in the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth, and discuss the Breton connection and the gradual transmission of the legend to the non-Celtic world.
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Rachel Bromwich is Emeritus Reader in Celtic Languages and Literature, University of Cambridge. A.O.H. Jarman is Emeritus Professor of Welsh, University College, Cardiff. Brynley F. Roberts is Librarian, National Library of Wales.
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- PublisherUniv of Wales Pr
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0708311075
- ISBN 13 9780708311073
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages310
- EditorBromwich Rachel, Jarman A. O. H., Roberts Brynley F.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by the University of Wales Press, Cardiff, Wales. 1991. 310 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Stain present to the top left corner of the front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Little, if anything, is known historically of Arthur, yet for centuries the romances of Arthur and his court dominated the imaginative literature of Europe in many languages. The roots of this vast flowering of the Arthurian legend are to be found in early Welsh tradition, and this volume gives an account of the Arthurian literature produced in Wales, in both Welsh and Latin, during the Middle Ages. The distinguished contributors offer a comprehensive view of recent scholarship relating to Arthurian literature in early Welsh and other Brythonic sources. The volume includes chapters on the 'historical' Arthur, Arthur in early Welsh verse, the legend of Merlin, the tales of Culhwch ac Olwen, Geraint, Owain, Peredur, The Dream of Rhonabwy and Trystan ac Esyllt. Other chapters investigate the evidence for the growth of the Arthurian theme in the Triads and in the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth, and discuss the Breton connection and the gradual transmission of the legend to the non-Celtic world. The volume, which is unique in offering a comprehensive discussion of the subject, will appeal widely to medievalists, to Welsh and Celtic scholars, and to those non-specialists who have felt the fascination of the figure of Arthur and wish to know more. EB; 10.3 X 7.8 X 1.5 inches; 310 pages. Seller Inventory # 64440
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hbk, xiv, 310 p. A clean unmarked copy in very good condition. Dust wrapper scuffed around edges but still in good condition. Contents : The Arthur of history / Thomas Charles-Edwards -- The early Welsh Arthurian poems / Patrick Sims-Williams -- Culhwch ac Olwen, the triads, Saints' lives / Brynley F. Roberts -- Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae and Brut y Brenhinedd / Brynley F. Roberts -- The Merlin legends and the Welsh tradition of prophecy / A. O. H. Jarman -- Chwedl Geraint ab Erbin / Roger Middleton -- Owain : Chwedl Iarlles y Ffynnon / R. L. Thomson -- Historia Peredur ab Efrawg / Ian Lovecy -- Breuddwyd Rhonabwy and later Arthurian literature / Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan -- The Tristan of the Welsh / Rachel Bromwich -- Some south-western sites with Arthurian associations / O. J. Padel -- Brittany and the Arthurian legend / J. .E. Caerwyn Williams -- First transmission to England and France / Rachel Bromwich. [Arthur King Romances History and criticism - Knights and knighthood in literature - Welsh literature] q1034 / m13054. Seller Inventory # 013054
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