- Hardcover: 576 pages
- Publisher: University of Exeter Press (9 Mar 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0859898008
- ISBN-13: 978-0859898003
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 12.6 x 4.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,901,543 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 in 2000 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 a 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. The importance of this text is fourfold: It substantially increases the corpus of known Middle Cornish literature. It adds many new words and phrases to the lexicon of Middle Cornish. It provides new evidence regarding the cult of St Kea in Cornwall. And, it offers substantial support for Cornish interest in the Arthurian tradition.
About the Author
Jointly edited by Graham Thomas, formerly of the Department of Manuscripts and Records, National Library of Wales, and Nicholas Williams, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern Irish, University College, Dublin, who has published widely on Irish and Cornish literature and language.
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