Medieval Welsh Literature And Its European Contexts

Author : Victoria Flood
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843847212

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Medieval Welsh Literature and Its European Contexts by Victoria Flood Pdf

Situates Celtic languages and literatures in relation to European movements, in the tradition of Helen Fulton's groundbreaking research. Professor Helen Fulton's influential scholarship has pioneered our understanding of the links between Welsh and European medieval literature. The essays collected here pay tribute to and reflect that scholarship, by positioning Celtic languages and literatures in relation to broader European movements and conventions. They include studies of texts from medieval Wales, Ireland, and the Welsh March, alongside discussions of continental multicultural literary engagements, understood as a closely related and analogous field of enquiry. Contributors present new investigations of Welsh poetry, from the pre-Conquest poetry of the princes to late-medieval and early Tudor urban subject matters; Welsh Arthuriana and Irish epic; the literature of the Welsh March - including the writings of the Gawain-poet; and the multilingual contexts of medieval and post-medieval Europe, from the Dutch speakers of polyglot medieval Calais to the Romantic poet Shelley's probable ownership of a Welsh Bible.

Author : Helen Fulton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015021941169

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Dafydd Ap Gwilym and the European Context by Helen Fulton Pdf

A study of Dafydd ap Gwilym's verse in the light of the traditions of courtly and popular poetry and with consideration of the European influences on his work.

Author : Oliver James Padel
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780708326589

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Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature by Oliver James Padel Pdf

Although the legends of Arthur have been popular throughout Europe from the Middle Ages onwards, the earliest references to Arthur are to be found in Welsh literature, starting with the Welsh-Latin Historia Brittonum dating from the ninth century. By the twelfth century, Arthur was a renowned figure wherever Welsh and her sister languages were spoken. O. J. Padel now provides an overall survey of medieval Welsh literary references to Arthur and emphasizes the importance of understanding the character and purpose of the texts in which allusions to Arthur occur. Texts from different genres are considered together, and shed new light on the use that different authors make of the multifaceted figure of Arthur – from the folk legend associated with magic and animals to the literary hero, soldier and defender of country and faith. Other figures associated with Arthur, such as Cai, Bedwyr and Gwenhwyfar, are also discussed here.

Author : Aidan Conti,Orietta Da Rold,Philip A. Shaw
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781843844150

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Writing Europe, 500-1450 by Aidan Conti,Orietta Da Rold,Philip A. Shaw Pdf

Essays on the writing and textual culture of Europe in the middle ages.

Author : Geraint Evans,Helen Fulton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 857 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107106765

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The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature by Geraint Evans,Helen Fulton Pdf

This book is a comprehensive single-volume history of literature in the two major languages of Wales from post-Roman to post-devolution Britain.

Author : Paul Maurice Clogan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : 0847686744

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Historical Inquiries by Paul Maurice Clogan Pdf

Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Since 1970, a new series, sponsored by the Modern Language Association of America and edited by an international board of distinguished scholars and critics, has published interdisciplinary articles. In yearly hardbound volumes, the new series publishes significant scholarship, criticism, and reviews treating all facets of medieval and Renaissance culture: history, art, literature, music, science, law, economics, and philosophy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786837349

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The Arthur of the Welsh by Anonim Pdf

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.

Author : Natalia I. Petrovskaia
Publisher : MHRA
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781781889497

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Delw y Byd: A Medieval Welsh Encyclopedia by Natalia I. Petrovskaia Pdf

This edition presents extracts from the medieval Welsh encyclopedia Delw y Byd. A medieval Welsh translation of the first book of the Latin encyclopedia known as Imago Mundi, written by Honorius Augustodunensis in the first quarter of the twelfth century, this text is a fine example of the ties between the intellectual world of Europe and Wales in the late-twelfth/early-thirteenth centuries, when the text was translated, ties that brought across the scientific knowledge based on Roman and late antique sources. Structured according to the four elements: earth, water, air and fire, the text presents geographical, anthropological, and astronomical information, often with historical and mythological contexts. The present edition follows that organizational principle, providing a glimpse into the medieval understanding of the overarching structure of the universe. The text is presented in its historical and literary context, with an updated account of its transmission. A commentary on the scientific context of the most interesting passages is provided, as well as a linguistic one. The edition also provides an overview of the variants by printing parallel texts based on all surviving medieval manuscript witnesses for a number of selected chapters. This includes sections of two previously unpublished medieval witnesses of the text. The accompanying glossary includes vocabulary from all extracts included in the edition.

Author : Harald Kleinschmidt
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0851159494

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Understanding the Middle Ages by Harald Kleinschmidt Pdf

"Illustrations and narrative work together in this book to present medieval culture as one visual image. Drawing extensively from a wide range of primary source material, the breadth and originality of Kleinschmidt's study will have an important influence on scholarly perception of the middle ages, as a period of continual change and continually changing attitudes."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Aled Llion Jones
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780708326770

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Darogan by Aled Llion Jones Pdf

Political prophecy was a common mode of literature in the British Isles and much of Europe from the Middle Ages to at least as late as the Renaissance. At times of political instability especially, the manuscript record bristles with prophetic works that promise knowledge of dynastic futures. In Welsh, the later development of this mode is best known through the figure of the mab darogan, the 'son of prophecy', who - variously named as Arthur, Owain or a number of other heroes - will return to re-establish sovereignty. Such a returning hero is also a potent figure in English, Scottish and wider European traditions. This book explores the large body of prophetic poetry and prose contained in the earliest Welsh-language manuscripts, exploring the complexity of an essentially multilingual, multi-ethnic and multinational literary tradition, and with reference to this wider tradition critical and theoretical questions are raised of genre, signification and significance.

Author : Raluca Radulescu,Sif Rikhardsdottir
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429588983

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The Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature by Raluca Radulescu,Sif Rikhardsdottir Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Medieval English Literature offers a new, inclusive, and comprehensive context to the study of medieval literature written in the English language from the Norman Conquest to the end of the Middle Ages. Utilising a Trans-European context, this volume includes essays from leading academics in the field across linguistic and geographic divides. Extending beyond the traditional scholarly discussions of insularity in relation to Middle English literature and ‘isolationism’, this volume: Oversees a variety of genres and topics, including cultural identity, insular borders, linguistic interactions, literary gateways, Middle English texts and traditions, and modern interpretations such as race, gender studies, ecocriticism, and postcolonialism. Draws on the combined extensive experience of teaching and research in medieval English and comparative literature within and outside of anglophone higher education and looks to the future of this fast-paced area of literary culture. Contains an indispensable section on theoretical approaches to the study of literary texts. This Companion provides the reader with practical insights into the methods and approaches that can be applied to medieval literature and serves as an important reference work for upper-level students and researchers working on English literature.

Author : Patrick Sims-Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199588657

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Irish Influence on Medieval Welsh Literature by Patrick Sims-Williams Pdf

Patrick Sims-Williams provides an approach to some of the issues surrounding Irish literary influence on Wales, situating them in the context of the rest of medieval literature and international folklore.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786837356

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The Arthur of the Welsh by Anonim Pdf

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.

Author : Erik Simon Kooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:797769629

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Medieval Dutch Literature in Its European Context by Erik Simon Kooper Pdf

Author : Natalia Petrovskaia
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781837720378

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This is Not a Grail Romance by Natalia Petrovskaia Pdf

This is Not a Grail Romance provides answers to some of the most important questions surrounding the medieval Welsh Arthurian tale Historia Peredur vab Efrawc, one of the few surviving medieval Welsh narrative compositions, and an important member of the ‘Grail’ family of medieval European narratives. The study demonstrates that Historia Peredur is an original Welsh composition, rather than (as previous theories have suggested) being an adaptation of the twelfth-century French grail romance. The new analysis of the structure of Historia Peredur presented here shows it to be as complex as it has always been thought – but also more formal, and the result of intentional and intricate design. The seeming inconsistencies or oddities in Historia Peredur can be understood by reading it in its medieval Welsh cultural context, allowing the modern reader a greater appreciation of both the narrative and the culture that produced it.