GO BRITANNIA! Wales Welsh Literature Welcome to Wales on Britannia where you will find a wealth of information on Welsh culture, language, traditions,and history presented by your guide Peter http://www.britannia.com/celtic/wales/literature/
Extractions: Those of us who know better recognize that from evidence of surviving works by sixth century poets Taliesin and Aneirin, Welsh can claim to be the oldest attested vernacular literature in Europe. (Surviving literature from England is in Old English and thus not in the vernacular: only scholars can read it for understanding; Scottish literature is mainly written in Middle English). In addition, both Taliesin and Aneirin were inheritors of an already old and sophisticated bardic tradition that was common to the Celtic peoples of Europe. Wales possesses a rich literature that amply rewards its study. It has a long and impressive history.
Extractions: Englynion y Beddau , "Stanzas of the Graves" (aka The Graves of the Warriors of Britain) are found in a number of Welsh manuscripts. The earliest and most important collection is in the"Black Book of Carmarthen" containing seventy-three stanzas; sixty-nine of which were copied in the second quarter of the thirteenth century and the other four (numbers 70 to 73) in the second half of the same century. Five such stanzas occur amongst the Llywarch verses in the "Red Book of Hergest" and it is known that these five were once in the earlier (fourteenth century) "White Book of Rhydderch."
Welsh Authors - Standard Texts Classic and Medieval Texts. Help with the Welsh Language. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Cyfwe - Welsh Literature In Translation CContemporary welsh literature translated into numerous languages, with parallel texts and commentary. http://www.cyfwe.org/home.cfm
Extractions: The site has been established with the help of funding from the European Union. It has its home at the School of European Languages in the University of Wales Swansea, in association with the School MA in literary translation, but we are a broad group from Wales and elsewhere. The following are members of the editorial board: Professor Dafydd Johnston
Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru - Welsh Books Council The council aims to stimulate interest in books in Welsh and books of Welsh interest in English. It also promotes the Welsh publishing industry and http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Welcome To WLA The Plum Tree is a milestone in midtwentieth century Welsh-language writing more welsh literature in Focus in the Czech Republic more http://www.welsh-lit-abroad.org/home.cfm?lan=e
Gwarnant: Y Beirdd I'r Oesoedd Canol (The Medieval Welsh Poets) A collection of three scholarly sites covering the history of Wales, the Welsh language and welsh literature, as well as providing sample texts of medieval welsh literature. http://www.webexcel.ndirect.co.uk/gwarnant/
Extractions: Updated: 02/11/98 Jeff The best resource on the web for medieval Welsh poetry. Gwarnant has the texts of poems by the famous (and the obscure) from the earliest surviving works up to the fifteenth century. Mostly in the original Welsh with notes on the manuscript sources, but with many translations as well. Gwarnant has already won a Culture Choice Award at its old website and has been redesigned for its new home. Besides the poetry, there are sections on Welsh history and Arthur. The What's New page will give you details of, and shortcuts to, the latest updates. You can get update notification by e-mail (or you can simply subscribe if you use Internet Explorer 4). This site is owned by Jeff
BBC - Wales - Books Literature BBC Wales' guide to welsh literature, including reviews, writer profiles, poetry and features. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Medieval Welsh Literature Cyfarwyddyd Welsh Tales and Foreign Adaptations Language, Grammar and Dictionaries Background Medieval welsh literature to c.1400 http://www.uwp.co.uk/book_desc/rb1.html
The Welsh Academy The Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Medieval Welsh Literature - General Literary Guides The compilation of a bibliography of welsh literature was therefore undertaken Fifty years since its first publication this history of welsh literature, http://www.uwp.co.uk/book_desc/rb11.html
Extractions: Meic Stephens (gol.), Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru (1986, 1993); idem (ed.), A Companion to the Literature of Wales (Oxford, 1986). This is a Welsh literary encyclopedia and a useful factual guide to much else of contingent interest. The Cydymaith and the Companion Thomas Parry, Merfyn Morgan and Gareth Watts (goln), Llyfryddiaeth Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg J.E. Caerwyn Williams (gol.), Llyfryddiaeth yr Iaith Gymraeg: Llyfryddiaeth noted above by listing works which were published after 1986 relating to Welsh literature; included also are references to unpublished university theses. The sections relating to `Y Cyfnod Cynnar' (the early period) include works on the inscriptions, the early glosses and other survivals of Old Welsh, as well as on the Hengerdd (the earliest poetry); `Y Cyfnod Canol' (the middle period) details work on the Gogynfeirdd or Poets of the Princes (to 1988) as well as on the medieval tales, the Laws, and historical and religious works (there is, however, some intentional overlap here with the two previous volumes). Thomas Parry
Cyfwe - Welsh Literature In Translation Contemporary welsh literature translated into numerous languages, with parallel texts and commentary. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
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