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Author Bromwich, Rachel

Title The Arthur of the Welsh The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Welsh Literature
Published Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (330 p.)
Series Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages
Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Arthur of History -- 2 The Early Welsh Arthurian Poems -- 3 Culhwch ac Olwen, The Triads, Saints' Lives -- 4 Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae and Brut y Brenhinedd -- 5 The Merlin Legend and the Welsh Tradition of Prophecy -- 6 Chwedl Geraint ab Erbin -- 7 Owain: Chwedl Iarlles y Ffynnon -- 8 Historia Peredur ab Efrawg -- 9 Breuddwyd Rhonabwy and Later Arthurian Literature -- 10 The Tristan of the Welsh -- 11 Some South-Western Sites with Arthurian Associations
12 Brittany and the Arthurian Legend -- 13 First Transmission to England and France -- Index
Summary This collection of essays presents an account of the Arthurian literature produced in Wales, in both Welsh and Latin, during the Middle Ages. Topics addressed include the ""historical"" Arthur, Arthur in early Welsh verse, the legend of Merlin, and the tales of Culhwch ac Olwen, Geraint, and Owain
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Arthur, King -- Legends
SUBJECT Arthur, King fast
Artus Fiktive Gestalt gnd
Artus. swd
Subject Welsh literature -- To 1550 -- History and criticism
Arthurian romances -- History and criticism
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Arthurian romances
Intellectual life
Kings and rulers in literature
Knights and knighthood in literature
Welsh literature
Kymrisch
Literatur
Aufsatzsammlung
Koning Arthur.
Welsh.
Letterkunde.
SUBJECT Wales -- Intellectual life -- To 1500
Subject Wales
Kymrisch.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Legends
Form Electronic book
Author Jarman, A. O. H
Roberts, Brynley F.
ISBN 9781786837349
178683734X
9781786837356
1786837358