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Jones, Aled Llion, Darogan – Prophecy, lament and absent heroes in medieval Welsh literature, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2013.

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Darogan – Prophecy, lament and absent heroes in medieval Welsh literature
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Cardiff
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University of Wales Press
Year
2013
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Contents:

[Chapter 1] “Prophecy, apocalypse and return”
a. Beginnings; b. Terminology; c. The mab darogan; d. Armes Prydain Fawr
[Chapter 2] “Praise, lament and silence”
a. Furor poeticus: the silence of praise; b. The authority of death; c. Zero-degree poetry: praise of absence; d. Galarnad (‘lament’): absence of praise; e. Lament without beginning; f. Englynion: fragments of silence
[Chapter 3] “Manuscripts, multilingualism and fragmentation”
a. Manuscript survey c.1250–c.1540; b. Manuscript context: copies; c. Manuscript context: internal; d. The multilingual manuscripts; e. Peniarth MSS 50 and 26; f. Mobile fragments
[Chapter 4] “Rhys Fardd, ventriloquy and pseudonymity”
a. History and fiction; b. The poetic craft of Rhys Fardd: formal considerations; c. The poetic craft of Rhys Fardd: temporality; d. Facelessness and pseudonymity; e. Peniarth 50 and internationalism
Rhys FarddRhys Fardd
(fl. c.1460–1480)
Y Bardd Bach, Bardd Cwsg
Welsh vaticinatory poet.
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“Conclusion: history split and promises unmade”
[Appendix 1] “Manuscripts containing darogan
[Appendix 2] “Tables of manuscripts and their content”
[Appendix 3] “Prophecies of Rhys Fardd in pre-c.1540 manuscripts”
Rhys FarddRhys Fardd
(fl. c.1460–1480)
Y Bardd Bach, Bardd Cwsg
Welsh vaticinatory poet.
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[Appendix 4] “Bilingual manuscripts containing prophetic material”
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Dennis Groenewegen
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