The 11 stories of The Mabinogion, first assembled on paper in the fourteenth century, reach far back into the earlier oral traditions of Welsh poetry.
John Updike, novelist, poet, and critic, is perhaps best known for his four Rabbit novels, published in Everyman\'s Library as Rabbit Angstrom..
They are the authors of numerous works of scholarship in Welsh and in English.
Preface by John Updike (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed) About the Author: Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones were, respectively, Professor of English at Aberystwyth and Cardiff and Professor of Welsh at Aberystwyth.
It was last revised by Gwyn Jones and his wife, Mair, in 1993.
This translation of The Mabinogion has, since its first appearance in 1949, been recognized as a classic in its own right.
Mingling fantasy with tales of chivalry, these stories not only prefigure the later medieval romances, but stand on their own as magnificent evocations of a golden age of Celtic civilization.
Closely linked to the Arthurian legends--King Arthur himself is a character--they summon up a world of mystery and magic that is still evoked by the Welsh landscape they so vividly describe.
The 11 stories of The Mabinogion, first assembled on paper in the fourteenth century, reach far back into the earlier oral traditions of Welsh poetry
