WELSH LITERATURE AND THE CLASSICAL TRADITION

Ceri Davies

This book is an accessible introduction to the links between Welsh literature and the Greek and Latin Classics, from the interaction between the literatures of the classical and Welsh worlds as the Welsh Language emerged, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance humanism, to the classical inheritance found in the work of Euros Bowen and others in the twentieth century. The author does not assume an in-depth knowledge of the texts discussed and the quotations appear both in the original language and in translation.

• 'It is good to welcome this fine volume . . . attractive and comprehensive . . . Ceri Davies has succeeded admirably . . . this delightful book . . . Well researched and elegantly written, the volume provides an excellent general introduction to the history and literature of Wales and to the role of the Classics as a catalyst within the literary tradition.' (International Journal of the Classical Tradition)
• 'It is a work of fine scholarship, a survey as comprehensive as it is judicious, as enjoyable to read as it is rewarding to study.' (Books in Wales)
• ' . . . packed with pictures, wood-cuts, engravings to drawings, paintings, caricatures and photographs. I was amazed at the amount of material that survives through time and has been presented in this most attractive book.' (Bulletin of the Welsh Academy)

Author: Reader in Classics, University College, Swansea.