Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature

Oliver Padel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

166 Seiten

2013
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-0-7083-2625-1 (ISBN)

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This is a survey of medieval Welsh literary references to Arthur, studying the figure behind the legend. The character of the references is examined with emphasis on understanding the nature of the text in which the allusions occur.

O. J. Padel was formerly Reader in Cornish and Celtic Studies in the University of Cambridge.

Preface to the new edition Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Earliest Texts 3. Arthur's World: Culhwch and Pa Wr yw'r Porthor? 4. Other Texts of the Central Middle Ages 5. Three Dialogue Poems 6. The Matter of Britain 7. The Continuing Tradition 8. Some Arthurian Characters 9. Was there an Arthur of the Welsh? Select Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.5.2013
Reihe/Serie	Writers of Wales
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Verlagsort	Wales
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	181 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7083-2625-0 / 0708326250
ISBN-13	978-0-7083-2625-1 / 9780708326251
Zustand	Neuware