Irish influence on medieval Welsh literature / Patrick Sims-Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sims-Williams, Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welsh literature--Irish influences.

Welsh literature.

Welsh literature--To 1550--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Patrick Sims-Williams provides an approach to some of the issues surrounding Irish literary influence on Wales, situating them in the context of the rest of medieval literature and international folklore.

Contents:

Contents; List of maps; List of abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Irish Vernacular Influence on the Earliest Medieval 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 Wales12. Fionn, Deirdre, and Lebarcham in Late Medieval Wales; 13. Irish Influence on Medieval Welsh Literary Criticism?; 14. Conclusion; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 17, 2010).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613894328

1-283-58187-6

0-19-159159-9

OCLC:

922971193