Three Welsh Romances ability. The couple is happily reconciled in the end, and Geraint inherits his father's kingdom. Enid does not appear in Welsh sources outside of this romance, but Geraint was already a popular figure. Some scholars hold that the Erec from Chrétien's poem is based on Geraint, but others think the Welsh author simply replaced an unfamiliar French name with one his audience would recognize and associate with heroism. Alfred, Lord Tennyson based two of his "Idylls of the King" on "Geraint and Enid". They were originally published as a single poem called "Enid" in 1859; he later split it into
R. Geraint Gruffydd in the "Cyfres Beirdd yr Uchelwyr" series. These include: R. Geraint Gruffydd Robert Geraint Gruffydd, FLSW, FBA (9 June 1928 – 24 March 2015) was a scholar of Welsh language and literature. From 1970 to 1979, he was Professor of Welsh Language and Literature at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and was made Emeritus Professor in 1993. Gruffydd was born on 9 June 1928 in Tal-y-bont, Ardudwy, Wales. He was a graduate of Bangor University and Jesus College, Oxford. He commenced his studies at Oxford in 1948. During his academic career he held three notable offices: After his academic retirement