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The Gododdin: the oldest Scottish poem

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Edinburgh U.P., 1969 - Literary Criticism - 178 pages

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Traditional tale of battling and clashing and crashing.... Back when Wales reached all the way to central Scotland, when they spoke Welsh in Edinburgh-to-be. Remember that? (I think Prof Norman Davies ... Read full review

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The old tale of Edinburgh boys heading South for a rammy with some troublesome AngloSaxons. Good background to the poems. Sets them out with the B text first then the A as Jackson argues that the B is ... Read full review

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Contents

1 The Story
3
2 The Historical Background
8
3 The Place of the Gododdin in the History of the North
11
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The Gododdin: the oldest Scottish poem
The Gododdin: the oldest Scottish poem
Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson,Aneirin
Snippet view - 1969
The Gododdin: the oldest Scottish poem
The Gododdin: the oldest Scottish poem
Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson,Aneirin
Snippet view - 1969

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TitleThe Gododdin: the oldest Scottish poem
AuthorsKenneth Hurlstone Jackson, Aneirin
PublisherEdinburgh U.P., 1969
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized30 Apr 2008
Length178 pages
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