Contributor
Lloyd-Morgan, Ceridwen, editor.
ImprintCardiff [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2019.
Descriptionxxiv, 408 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note:Wales -- The beginning of Welsh Arthurian tradition -- Arthurian references in early Welsh poetry / Nerys Ann Jones -- The earlier Myrddin poems / John Bollard -- Trystan and Esyllt / Jenny Roland -- Native Welsh Arthurian tales -- Culhwch ac Olwen / Simon Rodway -- Breuddwyd Rhonabwy / Catherine McKenna -- Medieval translations and adaptations into Welsh -- Brut y Brenhinedd / Katherine Himsworth -- The first adaptations from French : history and context of a debate / Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan and Erich Poppe -- Owain or Iarlles y Ffynnawn / Regine Reck -- Ystorya Geraint fab Erbin / Erich Poppe -- Historia Peredur ab Efrawg / Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan -- Y seint greal / Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan -- Influences and recompositions -- Arthur in Trioedd Ynys Prydain / Rebecca Shercliff -- Arthurian refences in medieval Welsh poetry, c.1100-c.1540 / Barry Lewis -- Later hybrid narrative texts in Middle Welsh / Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan -- Folklore and popular tradition / Elissa R. Henken -- Arthurian place-names of Wales / Scott Lloyd -- Arthurian tradition in modern Welsh literature / Llyr Gwyn Lewis -- Cornish and Breton traditions -- Cornwall and the matter of Britain / Oliver J. Padel -- Arthur in earlier Breton traditions / Hervé le Bihan -- Popular traditions and the work of Hersart de la Villemarqué / Fañch Postic and Hélène Bouget -- The Arthurian legend in modern Breton culture / Françoise le Saux -- Ireland -- The earliest Irish material / Erich Poppe -- Irish translations and romances / Aisling Byrne -- Scotland -- Scottish Gaelic literature and popular traditions / Linda Gowans.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-389) and indexes.
Note:This is the first comprehensive authoritative survey of Arthurian literature and traditions in the Celtic languages of Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Irish and Scottish Gaelic. With contributions by leading and emerging specialists in the field, the volume traces the development of the legends that grew up around Arthur and have been constantly reworked and adapted from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. It shows how the figure of Arthur evolved from the leader of a warband in early medieval north Britain to a king whose court becomes the starting-point for knightly adventures, and how characters and tales are reimagined, reshaped and reinterpreted according to local circumstances, traditions and preoccupations at different periods. From the celebrated early Welsh poetry and prose tales to less familiar modern Breton and Cornish fiction, from medieval Irish adaptations of the legend to the Gaelic ballads of Scotland, Arthur in the Celtic Languages provides an indispensable, up-to-date guide of a vast and complex body of Arthurian material, and to recent research and criticism.
