
Dissonant Neighbours
Narrative Progress in Early Welsh and English Poetry
David Callander(Author)
University of Wales Press
Published on 1. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-78683-398-3 (ISBN)
Description
Dissonant Neighbours compares early Welsh and English poetry up to c.1250, investigating why these two neighbouring literatures describe similar events in markedly different ways. Medieval Welsh and English texts were subject to many of the same Latin and French influences, and we see this in the stories told in the poetic traditions; comparing and contrasting the different approaches of Welsh and English poetry offers insight to the core narrative trends of both. How, where and why did early Welsh and English poets deploy narrative? These are key questions that this book seeks to answer, providing a groundbreaking new study which treats the Welsh and English poetry in an equal and balanced manner. It contributes to ongoing debates concerning multilingualism and the relationship between Welsh and English literature, dividing into four comparative chapters that contrast a wide range of early Welsh and English material, yielding incisive new readings in poetic tradition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78683-398-3 (9781786833983)
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Person
David Callander is a Junior Research Fellow at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Content
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Battle
Chapter 2: Narrative at the End of the World
Chapter 3: Retelling Christ's Birth and Early Life
Chapter 4: List and Narrative
Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendices
Index
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Battle
Chapter 2: Narrative at the End of the World
Chapter 3: Retelling Christ's Birth and Early Life
Chapter 4: List and Narrative
Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendices
Index