from: Dent / Everyman's Library
EAN: 9780460000970
ISBN: 0460000977
Label: Dent / Everyman's Library
Manufacturer: Dent / Everyman's Library
Publication Date: 1970
Publisher: Dent / Everyman's Library
Studio: Dent / Everyman's Library
Related Items:
- The Tain
- Le Morte D'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table (Signet Classics)
- The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics)
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo
- Arthurian Romances (Penguin Classics)
- see more
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- The MabinogionA strange little book of Welsh fairy tales. It's not to everyone's taste, but to those who like the strange and historic, it's fun and fascinating.
Rating:
- GreatThe actual part of the book that is the Mabinogion is a wonderful translation/adaptation/etc. The only thing that might be hard to get by is the forward and introduction, both of which are very acedemic, so if you're looking for a quick and easy read I wouldn't suggest this book, but if you're looking to realy understand where it came from and the history behind it, its great!
Rating:
- This is my favorite.This is not the most accessible translation of the Mabinogion, but it is the most literal, and most fully conveys the rhythmn and feel of the original language. Out of all the versions available (and I have over half a dozen - closer to a dozen if you count the retellings and those in the orginal Welsh) this is my favorite. However, for a first time reader not familiar with the Welsh language, I think I would recommend Patrick Ford's "The Mabinogi" as being an easier read.
Rating:
- tedious and difficult to read.....This edition reads like it was translated word-for-word from the original middle welsh. It is written in a stilted, "translationese", very difficult and tedious to read. I'm halfway through it ( just finishing up Culwuch and Olwen ) and I think I'll stop....simply can't stand it anymore. There has to be better translations out there than this!!!
Rating:
- Ian Myles Slater on: Beautiful and Puzzling TalesThe publishing history of this edition, and its relationship to other translations of what is commonly known as "The Mabinogion," is a little complicated, and I think that is worth clearing up, although it may be a little tedious. However, my explanation of it should serve as "buyer's guide" if you are hesitating over exactly what to order.
In 1948 the Golden Cockerel Press issued an "edition-de-luxe" of translations from Medieval Welsh prose tales, made by Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones, ... Read More
Browse for similar items by category:
