Bewnans Ke / The Life of St Kea

A critical edition with translation
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-85989-800-3
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 122 mm x 185 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Exeter Medieval

In 2000, a sixteenth-century manuscript containing a copy of a previously unknown play in Middle Cornish, probably composed in the second half of the fifteenth century, was discovered among papers bequeathed to the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.


This eagerly awaited edition of the play, published in association with the National Library of Wales, offers a conservatively edited text with a facing-page translation, and a reproduction of the original text at the foot of the page – vital for comparative purposes. Also included are a complete vocabulary, detailed linguistic notes, and a thorough introduction dealing with the language of the play, the hagiographic background of the St Kea material and the origins of other parts in the work of Geoffrey of Monmouth.

The theme of the play is the contention between St Kea, patron of Kea parish in Cornwall, and Teudar, a local tyrant. This is combined with a long section dealing with the dispute over tribute payments between King Arthur and the Emperor Lucius Hiberius; Queen Guinevere’s adultery with Arthur’s nephew Modred; the latter’s invitation to Cheldric and his Saxon hordes to come to Britain to assist him in his conflict with his uncle; and Arthur’s battle with Modred.

Winner of the 2008 Holyer An Gof Award for Cornish language publications.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Mr Graham

Thomas, Graham

Williams, Dr Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction, ix; Albert le Grand's "Life of St Ke"

Bewnans Ke: Synopsis

Albert le Grand's "Life of St Ke" and Bewnans Ke compared

Motifs found in the legend of St Kea and other saints' lives

St Kea, patron saint of Kea Parish

Bewnans Ke, Beunans Meriasek, and Glasney College, Penryn

The date of the composition of Bewnans Ke

The pronunciation of Middle English unstressed -e

The textual transmission of Bewnans Ke

Spelling and language

Phonology

Morphology

Syntax

Lexicon

Versification

Editorial method

Abbreviations

Bibliography

BEWNANS KE / THE LIFE OF ST KEA; Text and Translation

Notes

Index and glossary of Cornish words

Index and glossary of English words

Index of French words

Index of Latin words

Über Autor(innen)

Jointly edited by Graham Thomas, formerly of the Department of Manuscripts and Records, National Library of Wales, and Nicholas Williams, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern Irish, University College, Dublin, who has published widely on Irish and Cornish literature and language.