Arthurian Literature and SocietyPalgrave Macmillan UK, 1983 M12 15 - 229 pages |
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... heroic context provides the first Welsh reference to Arthur . Stanza 102 of Y Gododdin praises Gwawrddur ; he is a great hero , but not the greatest : He glutted the black ravens on the wall Of the fort , though he was not Arthur ...
... heroic context provides the first Welsh reference to Arthur . Stanza 102 of Y Gododdin praises Gwawrddur ; he is a great hero , but not the greatest : He glutted the black ravens on the wall Of the fort , though he was not Arthur ...
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... heroic ideology of Y Gododdin ( which itself has Christian touches ) . The two poems relate back to the Iron Age Celtic heroic culture that is most fully seen in the riches of Old Irish literature . But this strict military realism and ...
... heroic ideology of Y Gododdin ( which itself has Christian touches ) . The two poems relate back to the Iron Age Celtic heroic culture that is most fully seen in the riches of Old Irish literature . But this strict military realism and ...
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... heroic halls . But it is equally clear that these heroic values are supernaturally magnified . Preiddeu Annwfn shows Arthur winning for his people the cauldron , this special totem of heroic power . It is a culture - hero story , like ...
... heroic halls . But it is equally clear that these heroic values are supernaturally magnified . Preiddeu Annwfn shows Arthur winning for his people the cauldron , this special totem of heroic power . It is a culture - hero story , like ...
Contents
the early British | 1 |
Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia | 38 |
Chrétien de Troyes | 68 |
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aristocratic Arthur's court Arthurian legend Arthurian story audience battle Britain British Calogrenant Celtic Celts Chevalier au Lion chivalric Chrétien de Troyes conflict Connecticut Yankee contemporary context Culhwch ac Olwen cultural developed disturbing dream early élite England English Enid especially euphemised fear feudal fifteenth century fight final force Gareth Gauvain Gawain Geoffrey Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey's giant grail Guinevere Henry hero heroic historical honour ideological idyll killed King Arthur knights errant land Laudine Launcelot literary London lord maiden major Malory Malory's means medieval Merlin military modern Mordred motif Nennius nobility noble Norman Normandy Pelleas period Plate poem political problem proesce queen quest realised reality recognised romance Round Table royal sequence sexual social structure Tale Tatlock Tennyson threat tournament tradition tribal Tristram Twain Twrch Twrch Trwyth University of Wales University Press values Vivien warband warrior Warwick Welsh women Y Gododdin Ysbaddaden Yvain