Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the magic arts
from the Welsh Chronicle of the six ages of the world
- ISBN: 9780520390256
- Editorial: University of California Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2023
- Lugar de la edición: Berkeley (CA). Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Colección: World Literature in Translation
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 20 cm
- Nº Pág.: 158
- Idiomas: Inglés
The original Welsh stories of these beloved characters and their world for the first time in English
The stories in Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts deal with well-known figures from medieval Britain who will be familiar to many readers-though not from the versions presented here. These freshly translated tales emerge from the remarkable and enormous sixteenth-century Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World by the Welshman Elis Gruffydd.
Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts revives the original legends of these Welsh heroes alongside stories of the continued survival of the magical arts, from antiquity to the Renaissance, and the broader cultural world of the Welsh. These stories provide a vivid and faithful rendering of Merlin, Arthur, and the many original folktales left out of the widespread accounts of their exploits.
Inroduction : Elis Gruffydd and his Chronicle / by Jerry Hunter
The stories and translations / by Patrick K. Ford
Earliest times, biblical and ancient
Merlin and Arthur
More tales of magic, prophecy and the supernatural
Glossary of names
Introduction by Jerry Hunter.
