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'A most venerable ruin': word, image and ideology in Guest's Geraint the son of Erbin

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Author: Davies, Sioned

Source: Studia Celtica, Volume 53, Number 1, December 2019, pp. 53-72(20)

Publisher: University of Wales Press

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16922/SC.53.4

Lady Charlotte Guest's translation of Geraint the son of Erbin, published as part of a threevolume edition in 1849, was illustrated by the wood-engraver Samuel Williams. Drawing on theoretical paradigms from illustration studies, the relationship between word and image is explored, highlighting how illustrations create a complex dialogic relation between image and text. Questions are then raised as to why, in Guest's second edition of the tale, in 1877, changes and adjustments were made, specifically to those elements related to the ruins of Cardiff Castle. The wider implications of choices relating to the placement of images and the producing of captions, existing as they do in a liminal zone, located between the image and the text, are demonstrated.

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 December 2019

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  • As a leading journal in the field of Celtic Studies and published annually by the University of Wales Press, Studia Celtica represents the highest quality research within language, literature, history and archaeology. It is an internationally refereed journal that includes articles, short notes and book reviews. Contributions are received from Celtic experts around the world – from the USA, Australia, Scotland, Ireland and France. The lead editor, Professor Dafydd Johnston, is Director of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies.

    Mae Studia Celtica, a gyhoeddir yn flynyddol gan Wasg Prifysgol Cymru, yn gylchgrawn awdurdodol ym maes Astudiaethau Celtaidd. Cynrychiola ymchwil o'r radd flaenaf ym meysydd iaith, llenyddiaeth, hanes ac archaeoleg. Mae'n gyfnodolyn rhyngwladol sy'n cynnwys erthyglau, nodiadau byr ac adolygiadau. Derbynnir cyfraniadau wrth arbenigwyr Celtaidd ledled y byd – o Unol Daleithiau'r America, Awstralia, Yr Alban, Iwerddon a Ffrainc. Y prif olygydd, Yr Athro Dafydd Johnston, yw Cyfarwyddwr Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru.

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