Dafydd ap Gwilym: Paraphrases and Palimpsests
Dafydd ap Gwilym: Paraphrases and Palimpsests

Author: Giles Watson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-05-07

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1291866809

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These 99 paraphrases of the works of the fourteenth century Welsh poet, Dafydd ap Gwilym, explore the extraordinary diversity of his work, from poems inspired by love and nature, through scathing self-examinations and bitter satires, to poems in praise of literary patrons. The style, humour and cadences of Dafydd's work can never be satisfactorily translated, but the interpretations in this volume are a tribute to the genius of the master bard. (Please note: although the illustrations are in colour in the preview, they are black and white in the printed copy.)

Rivals of Dafydd ap Gwilym
Rivals of Dafydd ap Gwilym

Author: Giles Watson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-12-24

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 1326900455

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The fourteenth century Welsh bard, Dafydd ap Gwilym, left a lasting impression on the poetry of his age: verse which often addressed preoccupations we still share today. This collection includes love poems, a lament for a felled tree, extravagant praises for wealthy patrons - including the Welsh freedom-fighter Owain Glyndŵr - scurrilous satires on friars, newfangled harps and prickly beards, a curse on a violent husband, and Gwerful Mechain's unapologetically explicit song of praise for her own genitals. Giles Watson's lively reinterpretations in modern English give a strong impression of the vivacity and daring of the originals. Some of the poems contain explicit language, reflecting the earthy humour of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Anagram Solver
Anagram Solver

Author: Bloomsbury Publishing

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 719

ISBN-13: 1408102579

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Anagram Solver is the essential guide to cracking all types of quiz and crossword featuring anagrams. Containing over 200,000 words and phrases, Anagram Solver includes plural noun forms, palindromes, idioms, first names and all parts of speech. Anagrams are grouped by the number of letters they contain with the letters set out in alphabetical order so that once the letters of an anagram are arranged alphabetically, finding the solution is as easy as locating the word in a dictionary.

The Hill of Dreams
The Hill of Dreams

Author: Arthur Machen

Publisher: Bibliotech Press

Published: 1907

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13:

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The Hill of Dreams is a semi-autobiographical novel by the Welsh writer Arthur Machen. The novel recounts the life of a young man, Lucian Taylor, focusing on his dreamy childhood in rural Wales, in a town based on Caerleon. The Hill of Dreams of the title is an old Roman fort where Lucian has strange sensual visions, including ones of the town in the time of Roman Britain. Later, the novel describes Lucian's attempts to make a living as an author in London, enduring poverty and suffering in the pursuit of art and history. The Hill of Dreams was little noticed on its publication in 1907 save in a glowing review by Alfred Douglas. It was actually written between 1895 and 1897 and has elements of the style of the decadent and aesthetic movement of the period, seen through Machen's own mystical preoccupations. (wikipedia.org)

The Postcolonial Middle Ages
The Postcolonial Middle Ages

Author: J. Cohen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2000-04-21

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0230107346

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An increased awareness of the importance of minority and subjugated voices to the histories and narratives which have previously excluded them has led to a wide-spread interest in the effects of colonization and displacement. This collection of essays is the first to apply post-colonial theory to the Middle Ages, and to critique that theory through the excavation of a distant past. The essays examine the establishment of colony, empire, and nationalism in order to expose the mechanisms of oppression through which 'aboriginal' 'native' or simply pre-existent cultures are displaced, eradicated, or transformed.

The Roots of Nationalism
The Roots of Nationalism

Author: Lotte Jensen

Publisher: Heritage and Memory Studies

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 9789462981072

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This collection brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to offer perspectives on national identity formation in various European contexts between 1600 and 1815. Contributors challenge the dichotomy between modernists and traditionalists in nationalism studies through an emphasis on continuity rather than ruptures in the shaping of European nations in the period, while also offering an overview of current debates in the field and case studies on a number of topics, including literature, historiography, and cartography.

Dafydd Ap Gwilym
Dafydd Ap Gwilym

Author: Dafydd ap Gwilym

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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An edition of the poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym (fl. 1340-1370), comprising English translations by Gwyn Thomas of one hundred and sixty poems extolling the beauty and richness of nature and courtly love, together with an introduction to the work of the poet.