{"product_id":"the-book-of-taliesin-poems-of-warfare-and-praise-in-an-enchanted-britain-9780141396934","title":"The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe great work of Welsh literature, translated in full for the first time in more than 100 years by two of its country's foremost poets \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTennyson portrayed him, and wrote at least one poem under his name. Robert Graves was fascinated by what he saw as his work's connection to a lost world of deeply buried folkloric memory. He is a shapeshifter; a seer; a chronicler of battles fought, by sword and with magic, between the ancient kingdoms of the British Isles; a bridge between old Welsh mythologies and the new Christian theology; a sixth-century Brythonic bard; and a legendary collective project spanning the centuries up to \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Taliesin\u003c\/i\u003e's compilation in fourteenth-century North Wales. He is, above all, no single \"he.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe figure of Taliesin is a mystery. But of the variety and quality of the poems written under his sign, of their power as exemplars of the force of ecstatic poetic imagination, and of the fascinating window they offer us onto a strange and visionary world, there can be no question. In the first volume to gather all of the poems from \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Taliesin\u003c\/i\u003e since 1915, Gwyneth Lewis and Rowan Williams's accessible translation makes these outrageous, arrogant, stumbling and joyful poems available to a new generation of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gwyneth Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141396934","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439191036041,"sku":"9780141396934","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_dec70fe9-2581-4c14-bceb-40dacc7f9254.jpg?v=1716269436","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-book-of-taliesin-poems-of-warfare-and-praise-in-an-enchanted-britain-9780141396934","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}