The Book of Taliesin
poems of warfare and praise in an enchanted britain
$36.60
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2020
Summary
The great work of Welsh literature, translated in full for the first time in over 100 years by two of its country’s foremost poets.
Taliesin’s is one of the most important names in all Welsh literature—and one of its greatest mysteries. He has fascinated and inspired some of our greatest poets, including Tennyson and Robert Graves. He is a poet; a shapeshifter; a seer; a chronicler of battles fought, by sword and with magic, between the ancient kingdoms of the fifth- and sixth-century…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141396934 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141396938 |
| Author: | Rowan Williams, Gwyneth Lewis, Taliesin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Rowan Williams
Gwyneth Lewis (Translator)
Gwyneth Lewis is an award-winning poet and was the National Poet of Wales from 2005 to 2006. Her books of poetry in Welsh and English include Chaotic Angels, Sparrow Tree and Treiglo (Mutating) and, in prose, The Meat Tree- New Stories from the Mabinogion. She is freelance and teaches at Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English in Vermont.
Rowan Williams (Translator)
Rowan Williams is a former Archbishop of Canterbury and was until 2020 Master of Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of many books and poetry collections, including Looking East in Winter, Holy Living, The Edge of Words and Solidarity. He lives in Cardiff and continues to broadcast, preach and lecture internationally. In 2022, he gave the second of the BBC’s centenary Reith Lectures. He is contributing writer to The New Statesman.
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