A Guide to Welsh Literature, Volume II: revised edition: 1282‐c. 1550

This volume is the second of a series of engrossing studies outlining the history and development of Welsh literature from its sixth century beginnings to the present day. First published in 1979, this attractively produced collection of 16 essays by 11 pre eminent Welsh scholars has proved its worth as a thorough, authoritative, and accessible overview of the burgeoning Welsh literature of the later Middle Ages.

Dafydd Johnston, Professor of Welsh at University of Wales, Swansea, found that only light editing and minor amendment of the essays were needed: “Advances in scholarship made over the last two decades are reflected...