Darogan: Prophecy, Lament and Absent Heroes in Medieval Welsh Literature

344 Pages·2013·3.7 MB·English

by  Aled Llion Jones

DAROGAN

Darogan
Prophecy, lament and absent heroes
in medieval Welsh Literature
Aled Llion Jones
UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS
CARDIFF
2013

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ONTENTS
Acknowledgements ix
Foreword xi
Chapter 1 Prophecy, apocalypse and return 1
Chapter 2 Praise, lament and silence 65
Chapter 3 Manuscripts, multilingualism and
fragmentation 117
Chapter 4 Rhys Fardd, ventriloquy and pseudonymity 151
Conclusion: History split and promises unmade 229
Appendix 1: Manuscripts containing darogan 239
Appendix 2: Tables of manuscripts and their contents 243
Appendix 3: Prophecies of Rhys Fardd in pre-c.1540
manuscripts 261
Appendix 4: Bilingual manuscripts containing prophetic
material 267
Bibliography 273
Index 309

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CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Am amryw gymwynas mewn amryw fan:
For help with readings and with writing: Catherine A. McKenna, Jerry
Hunter, Christopher D. Johnson.
For guidance and support: faculty and staff of the Department of
Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University: Patrick K.
Ford, Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, Barbara Hillers, Margo Granfors.
For ideas, method and motivation within and beyond Celtic: Timothy
Bahti, Homi K. Bhabha, Sioned Davies, John T. Hamilton, Joseph F.
Nagy, Nicholas Watson.
For discussion, argument, disagreement and friendship over many
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Chance, Emma Nic Chárthaigh, Rhiannon H. Williams.
For comments and other assistance: Annalee Rejhon, Morgan Kay,
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University of Wales Press who have assisted in the production of this
book, especially Siân Chapman, Dafydd Jones, Henry Maas, Eira Fenn,
Catrin Harries, Angharad Watkins, and the press’s anonymous reader.
At the School of Welsh, Bangor University, diolch: Jason Walford
Davies, Peredur I. Lynch, Angharad Price, Gerwyn Wiliams.
Very special thanks to Pia Maybury-Lewis, and Bob and Mary
Bransford, of Cambridge and Winchester, MA. Mange tak!
This book is dedicated to my parents, and especially to my mother,
who would have been proud to have seen its publication.