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The oldest British prose literature : the compilation of the four branches of the Mabinogi / Nikolai Tolstoy ; with a foreword by Nicolas Jacobs.

Title
The oldest British prose literature : the compilation of the four branches of the Mabinogi / Nikolai Tolstoy ; with a foreword by Nicolas Jacobs.
Author
Tolstoy, Nikolai.
Publication
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2009.

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Description
vii, 567 p. : col. ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Mabinogion
  • 1100-1400
  • Welsh literature > 1100-1400 > History and criticism
  • Tales, Medieval > History and criticism
  • Tales > Wales > History and criticism
  • Mythology, Celtic > Wales
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-558) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. The four branches of the Mabinogi -- Ch. 2. Primary dating considerations -- Ch. 3. The evidence of Branwen -- Ch. 4. Branwen and early mediaeval Ireland -- Ch. 5. Bendigeidfran, Brian Boromha, and the Vikings -- Ch. 6. The evidence of Manawydan -- Ch. 7. History and heroic tale -- Ch. 8. The author and his milieu : a reassessment.
ISBN
  • 9780773447103
  • 0773447105
LCCN
^^2009018980
OCLC
  • 320697524
  • SCSB-11418466
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library