Title: The Doorway To A Treasure House
Product review: Wales has one of the richest poetic traditions in the world but it is not easily accessible, even to the Welsh. Most is in the Welsh language, which is famously difficult to translate. There is also no substantial Anglo-Welsh tradition as strong the Anglo-Scottish and Anglo-Irish: Wales has yet to find its Sir Walter Scott. This collection is a wonderful introduction to the treasures of almost 1,500 years of eclectic poetry. It begins with 6th Century epics, including part of "The Gododdin", the "Iliad" of Wales, and ends with some delightful "englynion" - short lyric poems that are distinctively Welsh in character. It can only give a flavour of the extraordinary range of poems from different periods, but these consistently beautiful translations include enough of the best examples of each to leave one wanting more.
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