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==Cultural references== === In literature === * ''[[Dawn in Lyonesse]]'' is a 1938 short novel by [[Mary Ellen Chase]]. * Edith Oliver writes about [[Edith Olivier|a vision of Lyonesse]] in her 1938 autobiography, ''Without Knowing Mr Walkley.'' * The ''[[Lyonesse Trilogy]]'' is a group of three novels by [[Jack Vance]]. * ''Lyonesse: The Well Between the Worlds'' (2009) and ''Lyonesse: Dark Solstice'' (2010) are two children's books by [[Sam Llewellyn]]. * The manga and anime series ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (manga)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]'' is set in the kingdom of Liones, which is placed in the north of Britannia (i.e., Lothian instead of Cornwall) on in-universe maps. *In the 1995 film ''[[First Knight]]'', before her marriage to [[King Arthur]], [[Guinevere]] rules as "Lady of Lyonesse". === In poetry === *''[[Tristram of Lyonesse]]'' (1882) is an epic poem by [[Algernon Charles Swinburne]]. * ''When I Set out for Lyonnesse'' (1914) is by [[Thomas Hardy]]. An edition published in 1932 adds the year 1870 to the title,<ref> Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy (London: Macmillan and Co., 1932): 293-94</ref> a reference to Hardy's trip to [[St Juliot]], where he met his first wife [[Emma Gifford]]. The poem said Lyonnesse is "a hundred miles away"; the straight-line distance from St Juliot to [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]] is 97 miles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.distance.to/Dorchester,Dorset,England,GBR/St-Juliot,Cornwall,England,GBR|title = Distance Dorchester, Dorset, England, GBR > St-Juliot, Cornwall, England, GBR - Air line, driving route, midpoint}}</ref> * ''Sunk Lyonesse'' (1922), by [[Walter de la Mare]] * ''Lyonnesse'' (1962), by [[Sylvia Plath]] * ''Lyonnesse'' (2021), by [[Penelope Shuttle]] === In music === * "Lyonesse", a song by Cornish folk composer [[Richard Gendall]], appears as the title track of the 1982 album by [[Brenda Wootton]]. * "When I Set out for Lyonnesse" is a setting of Hardy's poem by English composer [[Gerald Finzi]] in his 1936 song cycle ''[[Earth and Air and Rain]]'' * "Lyonesse", a track on instrumental [[post-rock]] band [[65daysofstatic]]'s third album [[The Destruction of Small Ideas]]. * "The Bells of Lyonesse", a song by German progressive metal band [[Subsignal]], which appears on their 2018 album ''La Muerta''. === In transport === * ''[[SS Lyonesse (1889)|''SS'' Lyonesse]]'' was a steam ferry of the [[West Cornwall Steam Ship Company]]. * ''Lyonesse'': [[GWR 3300 Class|Great Western Railway ''Bulldog'' class]] steam locomotive no. 3361 * ''Lyonnesse'': [[List of King Arthur Class locomotives|Southern Railway ''King Arthur'' class]] steam locomotive no. 743 * ''Lyonnesse'': [[BR standard class 5|British Railways standard class 5]] steam locomotive no. 73113.
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