Friday, September 27, 2024

The tasks in Culhwch and Olwen. When is repetition excessive in a poem?

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The Anoethau in Culhwch and Olwen [i]   This is the second problem sequence I’m working through.  (See previous post for the first.)   In  C...
Saturday, September 14, 2024

The Court List in Culhwch ac Olwen. What is relevance?

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Translating the Court List.   (Quotations from the story are from Will Parker’s Translation:  http://www.culhwch.info/index.html )     When ...
Saturday, August 31, 2024

Is this how Genre works? The tale of the oldest animals in Culhwch and Olwen.

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 (Ongoing notes from an attempt to translate Culhwch ac Olwen from medieval Welsh to modern English and from prose to verse. See previous po...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Translating 'Culhwch and Olwen'. Giants, ants and perplexing verbs.

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 These poems were first published in The Brazen Head https://brazen-head.org/2024/08/19/three-translations-from-culhwch-ac-owen/ (I.m Michae...
Tuesday, August 13, 2024

The poetry voice podcast returns.

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The Poetry voice podcast returns. A free audio anthology of poetry, from the earliest times to the present day.  The latest episode is here:...
Friday, July 12, 2024

Translating Culhwch and Olwen. (publication)

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I've been translating the story of Culhwch and Olwen, a medieval Welsh tale. It's usually flagged as 'the oldest surviving story...
Friday, June 7, 2024

Lancelot and Guinevere, a version of Malory's Le Morte Darthur.

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  Lancelot, Seeking Perfection, Encounters Guinevere.  (Parts 1-8) A man convicted of high treason was hung, drawn and quartered. For the sa...