Bewnans Ke : the life of St Kea : a critical edition with translation / edited by Graham Thomas & Nicholas Williams
Bewnans Ke : the life of St Kea : a critical edition with translation / edited by Graham Thomas & Nicholas Williams
edited by Graham Thomas, Nicholas Williams.
- 1st.
- Devon University of Exeter Press 2007
- lxxxviii, 488 pages ; 21 cm.
- New Exeter Medieval Texts. .
Published in association with the National Library of Wales. Reissued in paperback 2016
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 ;
Bewnans Ke contains the edited text of a previously unknown play written in Middle Cornish, probably composed in the second half of the fifteenth century. A facing-page translation into modern English, a complete vocabulary and detailed linguistic notes combine to make the work accessible to the 21st century reader.
Text in English and Cornish.
9780859892940
GBB435765 bnb
Kea, Saint --Drama.
HISTORY / General
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
HISTORY / Medieval
HISTORY / Europe / General
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
Regional & national history
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
European history
Medieval history
Cornwall (England : County)--Drama.
891.672 K
Published in association with the National Library of Wales. Reissued in paperback 2016
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 ;
Bewnans Ke contains the edited text of a previously unknown play written in Middle Cornish, probably composed in the second half of the fifteenth century. A facing-page translation into modern English, a complete vocabulary and detailed linguistic notes combine to make the work accessible to the 21st century reader.
Text in English and Cornish.
9780859892940
GBB435765 bnb
Kea, Saint --Drama.
HISTORY / General
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
HISTORY / Medieval
HISTORY / Europe / General
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
Regional & national history
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
European history
Medieval history
Cornwall (England : County)--Drama.
891.672 K