CORNISH LITERATURE

The literature of the Celtic language of Cornwall, which disappeared before 1800, consists largely of a few miracle plays, mostly of the 15th cent. With the exception of the Life of St. Meriasek, they are usually on biblical subjects. The plays closely resemble Breton drama. Also surviving is the Middle Cornish narrative poem The Passion of Our Lord.

See R. M. Longsworth, The Cornish Ordinalia (1967); E. Norris, ed., Ancient Cornish Drama (2 vol., 1859; repr. 1968).

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books on: Cornish Literature  - 772 results

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Ever Westward the Land: Samuel James and His Cornish Family on the Trail to Oregon and the Pacific North West 1842-52
Book by A. C. Todd, David James; University of Exeter Press, 1986
Subjects: Frontier And Pioneer Life--North America, North America--Social Life And Customs
...prized acquisition consisted of 2 5 volumes of The Encyclopaedia Londinensis or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, compiled, digested and arranged by John Wilkes, assisted by eminent scholars of the English, Scotch and Irish universities...
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Adam's Grace: Fall and Redemption in Medieval Literature
Book by Brian Murdoch; D.S. Brewer, 2000
Subjects: Fall Of Man In Literature, Literature, Medieval--History And Criticism, Redemption In Literature
...notably in the York plays. But the Cornish Ordinalia is once again both unique...61-77. 43 See Murdoch, Cornish Literature, pp. 69-73 on Thomas and on...of the presentation of Pilate in Cornish and the apocryphal literature relating...
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Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature
Book by O. J. Padel; University of Wales Press, 2000
Subjects: Arthur--King--In Literature, Arthurian Romances--History And Criticism, Welsh Literature--To 1550--History And Criticism
...is a lecturer in Celtic languages and literature in the Department of Anglo-Saxon...His research is mainly concerned with Cornish place-names, and hence with Cornish language, literature and history at all periods, particularly...
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The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature
Book by David Loewenstein, Janel Mueller; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: English Literature--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism
...habitants can speak no word of Cornish, but very few are ignorant of the English. 5 The only extant Cornish writings of the period are two...qtd in Glanville Price, Cornish Language and Literature, in The Celtic Connection...
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Encyclopedia of Literature
Book by Joseph T. Shipley; Philosophical Library, 1946
Subjects: Literature--Dictionaries, Indexes, Etc, Literature--History And Criticism
...prose tract A Few Words about Cornish Nebbaz Gerriau dro tho Carnoack...nothing deserving the name of literature. Cornish as a primary language died out...rather good poetical epistles in Cornish to his friend Edwin Norris. In...
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Celtic Presence: Studies in Celtic Languages and Literatures, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Cornish
Journal article by Glanville Price; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 102, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Celtic Presence: Studies in Celtic Languages and Literatures, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Cornish (Book)--Book reviews
...Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Cornish. by Glanville Price Celtic...Studies in Celtic Languages and Literatures. Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Cornish. By Piotr Stalmaszczyk...corgi, flummery; from Cornish, wrasse; from Breton via...Scottish Gaelic Language and Literature in the 10th and 21st Centuries...
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'The Honour of Bothe Courtes Be Nat Lyke': Cornish Resistance to Arthurian Dominance in Malory
Journal article by Michael W. Anderson; Arthuriana, Vol. 19, 2009
Subjects: Classical studies, Humanism, Renaissance period, Romance literature
...Honour of Bothe Courtes Be Nat Lyke: Cornish Resistance to Arthurian Dominance in Malory...chivalric codes shift when they encounter the Cornish world outside the direct influence of...myopia inhibits Camelots understanding of Cornish struggles. Vida Scudders famous designation...
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Situating the Holy: Celtic Community in Breton and Cornish Saint Plays
Journal article by Victor I. Scherb; Comparative Drama, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: Celts--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Drama, Medieval--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Berresford Ellis, The Cornish Language and Its Literature (London: Routledge and...2:118-28; Murdoch, Cornish Literature, 101. Robert T. Meyer...saint plays. See Murdoch, Cornish Literature, 116. (70) Joyce and...
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Edward Cornish. Futuring: The Exploration of the Future
Journal article by Paul Alkon; Utopian Studies, Vol. 16, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Futuring: The Exploration of the Future (Book)--Book reviews
...Under these rubrics, Cornish presents a clearly written...and future societies. Cornish provides an excellent...bibliography of relevant literature for those who may wish...Michelangelo? Self-help literature in this facile vein...antecedent circumstances," Cornish notes: "For instance...
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Cousin Jacks and Ancient Britons: Cornish Immigrants and Ethnic Identity
Journal article by Philip Payton; Journal of Australian Studies, 2001
Subjects: Australia--History, Cornwall, England--Emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration--History, Ethnicity--Social aspects
...comparing more closely the Cornish experiences in the different...noted that all too often the literature on the Irish overseas has been...Gill Burke had advanced the Cornish as a potentially useful case...the migration patterns of the Cornish mine workforce during the nineteenth...
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The Literature of Crime
Magazine article by Richard Whittington-Egan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 292, Autumn 2010
Subjects: Crime novels--Analysis, Crime--Portrayals, Crime--United Kingdom, Detective and mystery stories--Analysis, Detective fiction--Analysis, Literary styles--Analysis, Style, Literary--Analysis
The Literature of Crime. by Richard Whittington...prodigally the cacoethes scribendi. The literature of what, since the nineteen-eighties...Nonetheless, the beginnings of this branch of literature were humble indeed: ephemeral, street...
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The Search for Foresight: The World Future Society's Emergence from Dream to Reality; in This Second Installment of His Memoirs, the World Future Society's Founding President Describes How Volunteers Sharing "Ideas and Ideals" Were Drawn to the New, Forward-Looking Organization
Magazine article by Edward Cornish; The Futurist, Vol. 41, March 2007
Subjects: Periodical publishing--Management, The Futurist (Periodical)--Management, World Future Society--Services
...Forward-Looking Organization. by Edward Cornish The World Future Society was still just...had a passionate interest in utopian literature. Gay gave a gift membership in the Society...in the Mayflower lobby reading Society literature, and so began our long association...
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Serving the Society's Professional Members: The World Future Society's Founding President Gives a Brief History of the Professional Membership Program and Outlines Its Future
Magazine article by Edward Cornish; The Futurist, Vol. 43, January 2009
Subjects: Nonprofit organizations--Services, Periodicals--Service development, World Future Review (Periodical)--Service development, World Future Society--Services
...Outlines Its Future. by Edward Cornish The creation of a new journal...with a doctorate in German literature from Harvard University...A Critical Guide to the Literature. This volume showcased his...About the Author Edward Cornish, former president of the...
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The Search for Foresight: How the Futurist Was Born
Magazine article by Edward Cornish; The Futurist, Vol. 41, January 2007
Subjects: Periodical publishing--History, Periodical publishing--Management, The Futurist (Periodical)--Services, World Future Society--History, World Future Society--Management, World Future Society--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...How the Futurist Was Born. by Edward Cornish The World Future Society is now commemorating...be easy, but it was possible. I got literature from the Australian Embassy and began...of triumph. About the Author Edward Cornish is founder and former president of the...
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The Search for Foresight: The World Future Society's First Conference; in This Third Installment of His Memoirs, the Society's Founding President Tells the Inside Story of Its First Conference, Held in 1971
Magazine article by Edward Cornish; The Futurist, Vol. 41, May-June 2007
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Associations, institutions, etc.--Services, Associations, institutions, etc.--Works, Associations--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Associations--Services, Associations--Works, Societies--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Societies--Services, Societies--Works, World Future Society--Conferences, meetings and seminars, World Future Society--Services, World Future Society--Works
...Conference, Held in 1971. by Edward Cornish On December 1, 1966, the newly founded...speakers, others distributed conference literature or sought contributions from local Washington...world affairs. About the Author Edward Cornish is founder and former president of the...
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Life and Lies of a Cornish Corsair
Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, November 28, 1999
Life and lies of a Cornish Corsair by Colin Walters...on nineteenth-century literature." Mr. Crane is speaking...Edward John Trelawny, the Cornish adventurer who insinuated...over the front door of my Cornish grandmothers modest rowhouse...
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Lodge Life; Jon Doel Enjoys a Close Encounter with Cornish Wildlife While Staying in a Luxury Lodge
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), April 3, 2010
...means "View of the Sea" in Cornish, and of the 60 luxury lodges...Portreath itself is your typical Cornish fishing village - sleepy to...but now very much part of the Cornish furniture, was going to make...were around every corner. For literature fans, if youre brave enough...
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HIDDEN WORLD OF THE BRONTES; Insanity. Beatings. A Brother's Forbidden Love. as a Lost Book by Charlotte Bronte Is Sold - the Truth about Literature's Oddest Family
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 17, 2011
Subjects: Auction firms, Bronte, Charlotte, Bronte, Emily, Charlotte Elizabeth, Sotheby's Inc., Wuthering Heights (Motion picture)
...a Lost Book by Charlotte Bronte Is Sold - the Truth about Literatures Oddest Family. Byline: by A.N. Wilson THE DOCUMENT is...Cambridge and into the Church. He married Maria Bramwell, a Cornish woman, and they had six children in quick succession between...
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THE BRONTES AND THE ULTIMATE TABOO; Insanity. Beatings. A Brother's Forbidden passion.As a Lost Book by Charlotte Bronte Is Auctioned, the Truth about Literature's Oddest Family
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 12, 2011
Subjects: Auction firms, Auctions, Bronte, Charlotte, Bronte, Emily, Charlotte Elizabeth, Sotheby's Inc., Wuthering Heights (Motion picture)
...Lost Book by Charlotte Bronte Is Auctioned, the Truth about Literatures Oddest Family. Byline: by A.N. Wilson THE DOCUMENT is...Cambridge and into the Church. He married Maria Bramwell, a Cornish woman, and they had six children in quick succession between...
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Cliff Made Me a Bachelor Boy; the Younger One: David Norris Poster Boy: The Evergreen Cliff as He Appears in His New Calendar
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 7, 2007
Subjects: Richard, Cliff
...influenced by my English teacher, the lateJack Cornish, who communicated his love of literature to a class without everraising his voice or...Norris went to Trinity College to study English literature and languagewith philosophy. He started lecturing...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cornish Literature  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Cornish Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CORNISH LITERATURE The literature of the Celtic language...drama. Also surviving is the Middle Cornish narrative poem The Passion of Our Lord...concerted effort to revive spoken and written Cornish, which has met with minor success...
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Cornish
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CORNISH language belonging to the Brythonic group of the Celtic subfamily...of languages. See Celtic languages . See P. B. Ellis, The Cornish Language and Its Literature (1974). ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Celtic Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CELTIC LITERATURE see Breton literature ; Cornish literature ; Gaelic literature ; Welsh literature . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Celtic Languages
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Celtic dialects taken by Welsh and Cornish immigrants from the British Isles...and proper names (see Breton literature ). Cornish, the Celtic language of Cornwall...few hundred to a few thousand. Cornish proper names in manuscripts of...
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Arthurian Legend
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mention of Arthur in any known literature is a brief reference to a...developed into a considerable literature before Geoffrey of Monmouth...significant medieval Arthurian literature was produced on the Continent...with those of the Welsh, the Cornish, and the Celts of North Britain...


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