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Darogan : prophecy, lament and absent heroes in medieval Welsh literature / Aled Llion Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Aled Llion.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Welsh literature--History and criticism.
- Welsh literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (343 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book focuses on the prophetic poetry and prose of the earliest Welsh-language manuscripts, exploring the complexity of a literary tradition simultaneously apocalyptic, eschatological, multilingual, nationalist and interethnic.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Prophecy, apocalypse and return; Praise, lament and silence; Manuscripts, multilingualism and fragmentation; Rhys Fardd, ventriloquy and pseudonymity; Conclusion: History split and promises unmade; Appendix 1: Manuscripts containing darogan; Appendix 2: Tables of manuscripts and their contents; Appendix 3: Prophecies of Rhys Fardd in pre-c.1540manuscripts; Appendix 4: Bilingual manuscripts containing prophetic material; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 5, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9780708326770
- 0708326773
- OCLC:
- 863824800
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