Patrick Sims-Williams

Irish Influence on Medieval Welsh Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Welsh poets knew the names of Irish heroes such as Cú Chulainn and Deirdre and Irish narratives influenced the Welsh Mabinogion, yet the degree of Irish influence has been debated for many years. This book is the first comprehensive estimation of the extent to which Irish literature influenced medieval Welsh literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9780199588657
• ISBN-10: 0199588651
• Artikelnr.: 29924296

Autorenporträt

Patrick Sims-Williams has been Professor of Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth University since 1994 and was previously Reader in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon an the University of Cambridge. He is the author of eight other books on Celtic and Anglo-Saxon topics and edits the journal Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1996 and is currently President of the International Congress of Celtic Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of maps
* Preface
* 1: Introduction
* 2: Irish Vernacular Influence on the Earliest Welsh Literature
* 3: Kaer Sidi and other Celtic Otherworld Terms
* 4: Narrative Techniques in Irish and Welsh, I: The 'Slavic
Antithesis'
* 5: Narrative Techniques in Irish and Welsh, II: The Riddling
'Watchman Device'
* 6: The Irish Elements in Culhwch and Olwen
* 7: The Irish Geography of Branwen
* 8: The Submission of Irish Kings in Fact and Fiction
* 9: Llasar and the Lake of the Cauldron
* 10: The Iron House, the Men in Bags, and the Severed Head
* 11: Cú Chulainn in Late Medieval Wales
* 12: Fionn, Deirdre, and Lebarcham in Late Medieval Wales
* 13: Irish Influence on Medieval Welsh Literary Criticism?
* 14: 1. Conclusion
* Abbreviations and References
* Index