Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts : From the Welsh Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gruffydd, Elis.

Series:

World Literature in Translation Series

World Literature in Translation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tales--Wales.

Tales.

Tales, Medieval--History and criticism.

Tales, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : University of California Press, 2023.

Summary:

The original Welsh stories of these beloved characters and their world for the first time in English The stories in Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts deal with well-known figures from medieval Britain who will be familiar to many readers--though not from the versions presented here. These freshly translated tales emerge from the remarkable and enormous sixteenth-century Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World by the Welshman Elis Gruffydd. Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts revives the original legends of these Welsh heroes alongside stories of the continued survival of the magical arts, from antiquity to the Renaissance, and the broader cultural world of the Welsh. These stories provide a vivid and faithful rendering of Merlin, Arthur, and the many original folktales left out of the widespread accounts of their exploits.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Translator’s Note

The Texts

I Earliest Times, Ancient and Biblical

II Merlin and Arthur

III Tales of Magic, Prophecy, and the Supernatural

Glossary

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520390263

0520390261

OCLC:

1348482275