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Lolo Manuscripts. A Selection Of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts, In Prose And Verse, From The Collection Made By The Late Edward Williams, Iolo Morganwg, For The Purpose Of Forming A Continuation Of The My

Lolo Manuscripts. A Selection Of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts, In Prose And Verse, From The Collection Made By The Late Edward Williams, Iolo Morganwg, For The Purpose Of Forming A Continuation Of The My

Taliesin William

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Alpha Editions
Año de edición:
2020
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Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9789354187049

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Lolo Manuscripts gathers a selection of ancient welsh manuscripts in a finely judged prose and verse anthology. It pulses with ancient voice. Drawn from the Iolo Morganwg collection assembled by Edward Williams during eighteenth century wales, this compilation forms a singular medieval literature collection that ranges from celtic mythology texts and resonant welsh bardic poetry to the historical welsh documents prized by family historians. The material moves across registers - short lore and ritual fragments sit beside longer narrative strands and exhortatory verse - so the reader experiences both the compressed lyric of the bardic tradition and the slower unfolding of mythic tale. Casual readers will be struck by the lyric clarity and immediate drama; scholars of medieval wales recognise here source material long cited among myvyrian archaeology materials, and those pursuing traces of lineage will find a durable genealogy research resource.Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Framed by its provenance in the Iolo Morganwg collection, the Lolo Manuscripts occupies a distinct place within British literary heritage: it documents modes of composition, mythic imagination and the strands of local remembrance that fed later national histories. For casual readers the celtic mythology texts and welsh bardic poetry offer immediate voice and colour; for scholars of medieval wales the book supplies material for source criticism, comparative metre study and genealogical enquiry. Classic-literature collectors will value its historical footprint as much as its narrative pleasures. Whether consulted as a genealogy research resource, studied for medieval forms, or simply read for the thrill of archaic speech, the volume repays both quiet enjoyment and rigorous study - a keeper for the library and an invitation to return.

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