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55 relations: A. S. D. Smith, Alan M. Kent, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Archbishop of Canterbury, Around the World in Eighty Days, Beunans Meriasek, Bewnans Ke, Bible, Bible translations into Cornish, Boswednack, Breton language, Breton literature, Codex, Cornish language, Cranken Rhyme, Edmund Bonner, Edward Lhuyd, Georg Sauerwein, Henry Jenner, John Boson (writer), John Davey (Cornish speaker), John Harpsfield, John of Cornwall (theologian), Jules Verne, Julyan Holmes, Kesva an Taves Kernewek, King Arthur, King Arthur's messianic return, Latin, List of Cornish writers, Literature in the other languages of Britain, Margaret Steuart Pollard, Marginalia, Meriasek, Mystery play, Nicholas Boson, Nicholas Williams, Nick Darke, Oliver Padel, Ordinalia, Pascon agan Arluth, Peter Berresford Ellis, Plen-an-gwary, Prophecy of Merlin, Robert Morton Nance, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Sermon, Thomas Boson, Tim Saunders, Tristan and Iseult, ..., Truro Cathedral, Vatican Library, Verse drama and dramatic verse, Welsh literature, Whitley Stokes. Expand index (5 more) »
A. S. D. Smith
Arthur Saxon Dennett Smith (Sussex, 1883–1950) was a Cornish bard, writer and linguist, known by the bardic name Caradar.
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Alan M. Kent
Alan M. Kent (born 1967, St Austell, Cornwall) is a Cornish poet, dramatist, novelist, editor, academic and teacher.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.
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Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days (Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873.
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Beunans Meriasek
Beunans Meriasek (English: The Life of Saint Meriasek) is a Cornish play completed in 1504.
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Bewnans Ke
Bewnans Ke (The Life of Saint Ke) is a Middle Cornish play on the life of Saint Kea or Ke, who was venerated in Cornwall, Brittany and elsewhere.
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Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.
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Bible translations into Cornish
Translations of parts of the Bible into Cornish have existed since the 17th century.
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Boswednack
Boswednack is a hamlet in the parish of Zennor near the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Breton language
Breton (brezhoneg or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Brittany.
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Breton literature
Breton literature may refer to literature in the Breton language (Brezhoneg) or the broader literary tradition of Brittany in the three other main languages of the area, namely, Latin, Gallo and French – all of which have had strong mutual linguistic and cultural influences.
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Codex
A codex (from the Latin caudex for "trunk of a tree" or block of wood, book), plural codices, is a book constructed of a number of sheets of paper, vellum, papyrus, or similar materials.
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Cornish language
Cornish (Kernowek) is a revived language that became extinct as a first language in the late 18th century.
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Cranken Rhyme
The "Cranken Rhyme" is a Cornish-language song known by farmer John Davey or Davy (1812–1891), who was one of the last people with some knowledge of the tongue.
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Edmund Bonner
Edmund Bonner (also Boner; c. 1500 – 5 September 1569) was Bishop of London from 1539–49 and again from 1553-59.
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Edward Lhuyd
Edward Lhuyd (occasionally written as Llwyd in recent times, in accordance with Modern Welsh orthography) (1660 – 30 June 1709) was a Welsh naturalist, botanist, linguist, geographer and antiquary.
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Georg Sauerwein
Georg Julius Justus Sauerwein (15 January 1831 in Hanover – 16 December 1904 in Christiania (now Oslo) was a German publisher, polyglot, poet, and linguist. He is buried at Gronau. Sauerwein was the greatest linguistic prodigy of his time and mastered about 75 languages.
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Henry Jenner
Henry Jenner (8 August 1848 – 8 May 1934) was a British scholar of the Celtic languages, a Cornish cultural activist, and the chief originator of the Cornish language revival.
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John Boson (writer)
John Boson (1655–1730) was a writer in the Cornish language.
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John Davey (Cornish speaker)
John Davey or Davy (1812–1891) was a Cornish farmer who was one of the last people with some traditional knowledge of the Cornish language.
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John Harpsfield
John Harpsfield (1516–1578) was an English Catholic controversialist and humanist.
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John of Cornwall (theologian)
John of Cornwall, in Latin Johannes Cornubiensis or Johannes de Sancto Germano was a Christian scholar and teacher, who was living in Paris about 1176.
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Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
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Julyan Holmes
Julyan Holmes is a Cornish scholar and poet.
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Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Kesva an Taves Kernewek (Cornish for Cornish Language Board) is an organisation that promotes the Cornish language.
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King Arthur
King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.
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King Arthur's messianic return
King Arthur's messianic return is an aspect of the legend of King Arthur, the mythical 6th-century British king.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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List of Cornish writers
This is a list of writers in English and Cornish, who are associated with Cornwall and Cornish linguists (Rol a skriforyon Kernewek).
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Literature in the other languages of Britain
In addition to English, literature has been written in a wide variety of other languages in Britain, that is the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands (the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey are not part of the United Kingdom, but are closely associated with it, being British Crown Dependencies).
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Margaret Steuart Pollard
Margaret Steuart "Peggy" Pollard, née Gladstone (1 March 1904 – 13 November 1996), was the great great-niece of Liberal prime minister William Gladstone.
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Marginalia
Marginalia (or apostils) are marks made in the margins of a book or other document.
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Meriasek
Saint Meriasek (Meriadeg) was a 4th-century Breton saint.
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Mystery play
Mystery plays and miracle plays (they are distinguished as two different forms although the terms are often used interchangeably) are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe.
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Nicholas Boson
Nicholas Boson (1624–1708) was a writer in, and preserver of, the Cornish language.
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Nicholas Williams
Nicholas Jonathan Anselm Williams (born October 1942 in Walthamstow, Essex, now London, UK), writing as Nicholas Williams or sometimes N.J.A. Williams, is a leading expert on the Cornish language.
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Nick Darke
Nick Darke born Nicholas Temperley Watson Darke (29 August 1948 – 10 June 2005) was a Cornish playwright and writer, poet, lobster fisherman, environmentalist, beachcomber, politician, broadcaster, film-maker and chairman of St Eval Parish Council.
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Oliver Padel
Oliver James Padel (born 31 October 1948 in St Pancras, London, England) is an English medievalist and toponymist specializing in Welsh and Cornish studies.
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Ordinalia
The Ordinalia are three medieval mystery plays dating to the late fourteenth century, written primarily in Middle Cornish, with stage directions in Latin.
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Pascon agan Arluth
The anonymous poem Pascon agan Arluth is the oldest complete literary work in the Cornish language, dating from the 14th century.
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Peter Berresford Ellis
Peter Berresford Ellis (born 10 March 1943) is a historian, literary biographer, and novelist who has published over 98 books to date either under his own name or his pseudonyms Peter Tremayne and Peter MacAlan.
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Plen-an-gwary
A plen-an-gwarry or plain-an-gwary (Plen an Gwari), is a "playing-place" or round, a medieval amphitheatre found in Cornwall.
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Prophecy of Merlin
Prophecy of Merlin (Prophetia Merlini), sometimes called The Prophecy of Ambrosius Merlin concerning the Seven Kings, is a 12th-century poem written in Latin hexameters by John of Cornwall, which he claimed was based or revived from a lost manuscript in the Cornish language.
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Robert Morton Nance
Robert Morton Nance (1873–1959) was a leading authority on the Cornish language, nautical archaeologist, and joint founder of the Old Cornwall Society.
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation of a selection of quatrains (rubāʿiyāt) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia".
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Sermon
A sermon is an oration, lecture, or talk by a member of a religious institution or clergy.
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Thomas Boson
Thomas Boson (1635–1719) was a writer in the Cornish language and the cousin of Nicholas and John Boson.
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Tim Saunders
Tim Saunders is a Cornish language poet who also writes poetry and journalism in the Welsh, Irish, Breton and Cornish languages.
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Tristan and Iseult
Tristan and Iseult is a tale made popular during the 12th century through Anglo-Norman literature, inspired by Celtic legend, particularly the stories of Deirdre and Naoise and Diarmuid Ua Duibhne and Gráinne.
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Truro Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall.
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Vatican Library
The Vatican Apostolic Library (Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly called the Vatican Library or simply the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City.
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Verse drama and dramatic verse
Verse drama is any drama written as verse to be spoken; another possible general term is poetic drama.
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Welsh literature
Welsh literature is any literature originating from Wales or by Welsh writers.
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Whitley Stokes
Whitley Stokes, CSI, CIE, FBA (28 February 1830 – 13 April 1909) was an Irish lawyer and Celtic scholar.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_literature
