Trioedd ynys Prydein : the triads of the island of Britain / edited, with introduction, translation and commentary by Rachel Bromwich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bromwich, Rachel, editor, author of introduction, etc., translator, commentator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welsh poetry--To 1550.

Welsh poetry.

Triads (Literature).

Manuscripts, Medieval--Wales.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (677 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rachel Bromwich's magisterial edition of Trioedd Ynys Prydein has long won its place as a classic of Celtic studies. This revised edition shows the author's continued mastery of the subject, including a new preface by Morfydd Owen, and will be essential reading for Celticists and for those interested in early British history and literature and in Arthurian studies.

Contents:

Cover; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: I. MANUSCRIPTS AND VERSIONS; II. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF TRIOEDD YNYSPRYDEIN; Trioedd Ynys Prydein and Bardic Instruction; Trioedd Ynys Prydein and the Chwedlau; Trioedd y Meirch; Antiquity and Provenance; THE APPENDICES; TRIOEDD YNYS PRYDEIN:TEXT, TRANSLATION AND NOTES; APPENDIX I.; APPENDIX II.; APPENDIX III.; APPENDIX IV.; NOTES TO PERSONAL NAMES; ABBREVIATIONS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; INDEX TO PLACES; INDEX TO TRIOEDD Y MEIRCH; GENERAL 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 January 12, 2015).

ISBN:

9781783161461

1783161469

9781783161478

1783161477