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. INDICE: 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 Lebarchamin Late Medieval Wales; 13: Irish Influence on Medieval Welsh Literary Criticism?; 14: 1. Conclusion; Abbreviations and References; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958865-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 438
- Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés