In 2000, a sixteenth-century manuscript containing a copy of a
previously unknown play in Middle Cornish, probably composed in the
second half of the fifteenth century, was discovered among papers
bequeathed to the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
This eagerly awaited edition of the play, published in association
with the National Library of Wales, offers a conservatively edited
text with a facing-page translation, and a reproduction of the
original text at the foot of the page – vital for comparative
purposes. Also included are a complete vocabulary, detailed linguistic
notes, and a thorough introduction dealing with the language of the
play, the hagiographic background of the St Kea material and the
origins of other parts in the work of Geoffrey of Monmouth.
The theme of the play is the contention between St Kea, patron of Kea
parish in Cornwall, and Teudar, a local tyrant. This is combined with
a long section dealing with the dispute over tribute payments between
King Arthur and the Emperor Lucius Hiberius; Queen Guinevere’s
adultery with Arthur’s nephew Modred; the latter’s invitation to
Cheldric and his Saxon hordes to come to Britain to assist him in his
conflict with his uncle; and Arthur’s battle with Modred.
Winner of the 2008 Holyer An Gof Award for Cornish language
publications.
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ISBN
9780859898997
Publisert
2016
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University of Exeter Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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