Geraint Romances associated with the "Mabinogion". Its story closely parallels the French writer Chrétien de Troyes's "Erec and Enide". Some scholars feel both works derived from a common lost source, but most believe the Welsh version derives directly or indirectly from Chrétien. In this case, the renowned figure of Geraint would have been added to the story to suit Welsh audiences unfamiliar with Chrétien's protagonist, Erec. "Geraint and Enid" was reworked by Alfred Tennyson into the poems "The Marriage of Geraint" and "Geraint and Enid", part of his "Idylls of the King". The Arthurian character in later works is often referred
Geraint Goodwin Geraint Goodwin Arthur Geraint Goodwin (1 May 1903 – 10 October 1941) was a Welsh journalist, novelist and short story writer from near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, who wrote about rural life on the Welsh border. His first novel, published in 1935, was the autobiographical "Call Back Yesterday". Goodwin's most acclaimed work, "The Heyday in the Blood" appeared in 1936 and his last novel, "Come Michaelmas" in 1939. In 1975 "The Heyday in the Blood" was translated into Welsh. He was born in the village of Llanllwchaearn, on the outskirts of Newtown, Montgomeryshire]], the son of Richard Goodwin (1862–1911) and Mary Jane