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‘The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales’ in Sian Echard and Robert Rouse, eds., The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain
Geraint Evans 
The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain, eds. Sian Echard and Robert Rouse
Swansea University Author:
Geraint Evans
Abstract
The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales is an anthology of medieval Welsh texts which was first published in London between 1801 and 1807. Many of these texts had not previously appeared in printed editions and the publication of the Archaiology was one of the founding steps in the creation of a canon of...
| Published in: | The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain, eds. Sian Echard and Robert Rouse |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-118-39698-8 |
| Published: |
Oxford
Wiley Blackwell
2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36319 |
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| Abstract: |
The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales is an anthology of medieval Welsh texts which was first published in London between 1801 and 1807. Many of these texts had not previously appeared in printed editions and the publication of the Archaiology was one of the founding steps in the creation of a canon of medieval Welsh literature. |
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| Keywords: |
Welsh literature; Medieval literature; medievalism; nationalism; manuscripts and source studies; Dafydd ap Gwilym; Geoffrey of Monmouth; Mabinogion. |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |