27b) Kescows…yn Os an Tewdars / Conversation…in ye Time of ye Tudors
Bygol. Dr.S.L.Clemens hag E.F. Climo
An Conversation, testen o hep hy aswon kens, a ve dysmaylyes yn 1880 gans an hendraour Dr. S.L.Clemens. Dyfennys esa hy dyllo kens es chaunjyans yn laghys an lewdnes yn 1966, kyn na wruk hy saw dysquedhes dhe blemmyk mar lyg a vedha an lavar yn os an Tewdars. Versyon kevos Kernewek an desten dhathlys ma a ve dyscudhus agensow, hag ef a yl glewhe mar lyg lewd a vedha an gys Elisabetanesk a usya agan yeth, neppyth us methus scant yn scryfow cryjyk an os na. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The ‘Conversation’, a text thitherto unknown, was uncovered in 1880 by the historian Dr.S.L.Clemens, It was banned from being published until the obscenity laws were changed in 1966, even though it did but give a frank portrayal of the bawdiness of dialogue in the Tudor period. A contemporary Cornish version of this contentious text was discovered recently, and it may shed new light on the bawdier Elizabethanesque style of Cornish usage, something which is shamefully lacking in the religious works of that period.
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- Mar 21, 2012
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