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Medieval Welsh Poems
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Author : Joseph P. Clancy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Medieval Welsh Poems written by Joseph P. Clancy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Wales categories.
This anthology of Welsh poems from c.575 to c.1525 offers the general reader the most substantial collection of medieval Welsh verse yet rendered into English, in translations that will support the claim that this poetry is one of the finest literary achievements of the Middle Ages. Drawing on Professor Clancy's acclaimed Medieval Welsh Lyrics (1965) and The Earliest Welsh poetry (1970) this comprehensive anthology presents over 150 poems, eloquently translated that render poetry as poetry. A lucid introduction, ample notes and a glossary provide the background needed for a full appreciation of the poems.
Medieval Welsh Poems
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Author : Richard Morgan Loomis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Medieval Welsh Poems written by Richard Morgan Loomis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Poetry categories.
"Loomis and Johnston have translated 111 poems into idiomatic English, while retaining the wonderful cadences of the Welsh. Sixteen leading poets of medieval Wales, including the acknowledged masters, Dafydd ap Gwilym and Guto'r Glyn, are finally available to English readers. Johnston brings his experience as pioneer editor and critic to this collaboration. Loomis's translations have been praised for their accuracy and their lyrical quality: His Dafydd ap Gwilym: The Poems (MRTS) has been widely acclaimed. The comprehensive introduction is supplemented by prefaces to each poet, generous commentary, a guide to Welsh pronunciation and maps. The volume is a delight to use."
Medieval Welsh Poems
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Author : Joseph P. Clancy
language : en
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Medieval Welsh Poems written by Joseph P. Clancy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Welsh poetry categories.
Medieval Welsh Literature
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Author : Andrew Breeze
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Medieval Welsh Literature written by Andrew Breeze and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Literary Criticism categories.
"In this book, the first general history of the literature of medieval Wales, Andrew Breeze surveys the development of this subject over the course of a millennium, including the heroic poems of Aneirin and Taliesin, tales of magic and romance in 'The Mabinogion', and the comic genius of the fourteenth-century bard Dafydd ap Gwilym. Dr Breeze discloses the authorship of the centrepiece of medieval Welsh literature, The Four Branches of the Mabinogi, revealing it to have been written by a woman, Gwenllian, the wife of Gruffydd ap Rhys, prince of Dyfed. She emerges from this study as the greatest of Welsh prose writers, and among the first rank of medieval women writers. Written for the general reader in an accessible style, Medieval Welsh Literature incorporates the latest research in the field."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Arthur In Early Welsh Poetry
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Author : Nerys Ann Jones
language : en
Publisher: MHRA
Release Date : 2019-07-12
Arthur In Early Welsh Poetry written by Nerys Ann Jones and has been published by MHRA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-12 with categories.
For over a thousand years, Arthur has had widespread appeal and influence like no other literary character or historical figure. Yet, despite the efforts of modern scholars, the earliest references to Arthurian characters are still shrouded in uncertainty. They are mostly found in poetic texts scattered throughout the four great compilations of early and medieval Welsh literature produced between 1250 and 1350. Whilst some are thought to predate their manuscript sources by several centuries, many of these poems are notoriously difficult to date. None of them are narrative in nature and very few focus solely on Arthurian material but they are characterised by an allusiveness which would have been appreciated by their intended audiences in the courts of princes and noblemen the length and breadth of Wales. They portray Arthur in a variety of roles: as a great leader of armies, a warrior with extraordinary powers, slayer of magical creatures, rescuer of prisoners from the Otherworld, a poet and the subject of prophecy. They also testify to the possibility of lost tales about him, his father, Uthr, his son, Llachau, his wife, Gwenhwyfar, and one of his companions, Cai, and associate him with a wide array of both legendary and historical figures. Arthur in Early Welsh Poetry, the fourth volume in the MHRA Library of Medieval Welsh Literature series, provides discussion of each of the references to Arthurian characters in early Welsh poetic sources together with an image from the earliest manuscript, a transliteration, a comprehensive edition, a translation (where possible) and a word-list. The nine most significant texts are interpreted in more detail with commentary on metrical, linguistic and stylistic features.
Medieval Welsh Poems To Saints And Shrines
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Author : Barry James Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Medieval Welsh Poems To Saints And Shrines written by Barry James Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
Early Welsh Gnomic And Nature Poetry
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Author : Nicolas Jacobs
language : cy
Publisher: MHRA
Release Date : 2012
Early Welsh Gnomic And Nature Poetry written by Nicolas Jacobs and has been published by MHRA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Among the most enigmatic and fascinating of early Welsh poems are the sequences of stanzas commonly categorized as gnomic. In their most typical form they juxtapose vivid natural description with generalisations about the physical world and about human life, combining an evident delight in weather and the changing seasons, landscapes and seascapes, and birds, beasts and plants with a serious and often witty concern for the moral and practical aspects of daily life. The origin and function of these stanzas remains a puzzle; some may be associated with particular situations in narratives now lost, but as a whole they appear to have developed at an early stage into a recognised genre of their own. They may be supposed to have a philosophical purpose, serving to assert a continuity between the natural and moral orders; on the other hand they may be read simply as a repository of folk-wisdom. While their interpretation remains a matter for discussion, their language is comparatively simple, and they thus provide an engaging window on the ordinary conceptual world of mediaeval Wales. This volume presents texts of the gnomic stanzas from the most important collection, that in Red Book of Hergest, and from some other manuscripts, with a few other poems containing related material, some of them edited in English for the first time, together with a literary and linguistic introduction, explanatory commentary and extensive glossary. Nicolas Jacobs is an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.
Welsh Court Poems
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Author : Rhian M. Andrews
language : cy
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Welsh Court Poems written by Rhian M. Andrews and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Poetry categories.
Welsh Court Poems is the first of ten volumes in the new Library of Medieval Welsh Literatureseries, which aims to make Middle Welsh literature available to English-speaking scholars and students who wish to study it in its original language. In keeping with that aim, Welsh Court Poems makes the poetry of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries available for the first time to this readership--presenting thirty-three of the 236 poems published by the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. Each poem appears in the original Middle Welsh accompanied by a full scholarly apparatus in English, providing a point of entry for any scholar interested in Middle Welsh poetry itself or researching comparative literature in other languages, other periods of Welsh literature, and medieval history.
The Medieval Welsh Religious Lyric
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Author : Catherine A. McKenna
language : en
Publisher: Ford and Baillie
Release Date : 1991
The Medieval Welsh Religious Lyric written by Catherine A. McKenna and has been published by Ford and Baillie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
This volume presents the texts of 16 religious lyrics of the 12th and 13th centuries, with a translation and a substantial introduction exploring their historical theological and devotional contexts.
Canu Maswedd Yr Oesoedd Canol
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Author : Dafydd Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Seren Books
Release Date : 1998
Canu Maswedd Yr Oesoedd Canol written by Dafydd Johnston and has been published by Seren Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Literary Criticism categories.
This new, revised edition of Medieval Welsh Erotic Poetry contains thirty-one poems from the later medieval period. They all deal frankly with sex and sexual organs, some deliberately provocative, others self-mocking, and a few intended to shock and disgust. They are characterised by wit and inventive imagination, and make extensive use of dramatic dialogue. Some of these poems have been deliberately suppressed by scholars because of their indecency, whilst others have lain unknown in manuscrips for centuries. The edited Welsh texts are here accompanied by English translations, with notes giving essential information on the poets and their poems. Dafydd Johnston's critical introduction places the poems in the context of the Welsh bardic tradition and draws attention to some European parallels. This collection will be of interest to those already familiar with the Welsh poetic tradition, which is revealed here in an entirely new light. It will also be valuable to students of European love literature of the Middle Ages, and those interested in attitudes towards women and sexuality. And it will appeal to all who enjoy lively wit and frank sensuality.