Eachtra Uilliam
- Early Modern Irish
- Medieval Irish literary adaptations
Irish (prose) adaptation of the story of William of Palerne. Cecile O'Rahily has shown that its immediate source is a 16th-century English prose adaptation of the Middle English alliterative romance William of Palerne. The Middle English text is itself an adaptation of the Old French verse romance Guillaume de Palerne.
Manuscripts
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS A v 2 (744) [s. xvii + s. xviii]
ff. 132a–208b
Language
- Early Modern Irish
late Early Modern Irish
Date
16th century (O'Rahilly)
Textual relationships
Related: Guillaume de PalerneGuillaume de PalerneOld French romance in verse
Sources
Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.
Secondary sources (select)
Dunn, Charles W., The foundling and the werwolf. A literary-historical study of Guillaume de Palerne, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1960.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
May 2012, last updated: January 2024
