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
The Farmer's Wife (comics) and typical of the many romance comic book stories to follow in the years to come, "The Farmer's Wife" is told by the female protagonist but is written by males and expresses male perspectives on female behavior, gender roles, love, sex, and marriage. The story is a cautionary morality tale that investigates the perils of female independence, celebrates domesticity, and advocates female self-sacrifice for the sake of a lasting marriage. The Farmer's Wife (comics) "The Farmer's Wife" is an 8-page comic book story by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby published in their genre-launching romance comic book, "Young Romance" in 1947.