[PDF] An Introduction To Early Irish Literature eBook

Author : Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
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A discussion of the rich written heritage of the Old and Middle Irish period, 600-1200. Chapters deal with such topics as druids, monks, poets, the beginnings of writing manuscripts, saga cycles, and stories about kings, kingship and sovereignty goddesses.

Author : Jonathan M. Wooding
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Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,69 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
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With The Otherworld in Irish Literature and History, Jonathan Wooding presents a major collection of essays by some of the best-known academics in Ireland, Britain and America today.

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Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,3 MB
Release : 1981-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0141934816

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First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures of the great Celtic hero Cu Chulaind, to the stunning 'Exile of the Sons of Uisliu' - a tale of treachery, honour and romance - these are masterpieces of passion and vitality, and form the foundation for the Irish literary tradition: a mythic legacy that was a powerful influence on the work of Yeats, Synge and Joyce.

Author : J. P. Mallory
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 49,28 MB
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0500773351

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Ireland's oldest traditions excavated via archaeological, genetic, and linguistic research, culminating in atruly groundbreaking publication Following his account of Irish origins drawing on archaeology, genetics, and linguistics, J. P. Mallory returns to the subject to investigate what he calls the Irish Dreamtime: the native Irish retelling of their own origins, as related by medieval manuscripts. He explores the historical backbone of this version of the earliest history of Ireland, which places apparently mythological events on a concrete timeline of invasions, colonization, and royal reigns that extends even further back in time than the history of classical Greece. The juxtaposition of traditional Dreamtime tales and scientific facts expands on what we already know about the way of life in Iron Age Ireland. By comparing the world depicted in the earliest Irish literary tradition with the archaeological evidence available on the ground, Mallory explores Ireland’s rich mythological tradition and tests its claims to represent reality.

Author : John Ellis Caerwyn Williams
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Page : 386 pages
File Size : 26,98 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Civilization, Celtic, in literature
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Provides a history of literature in the Irish language from the fifth century to the twentieth. This book traces the development of manuscripts from the Latin records made by monastic scribes and the vernacular works of ecclesiastics and lay scholars. It describes the fall of the native order and offers appraisals of the work of Irish writers.

Author : Four Courts Press
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Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781846828737

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A discussion of the rich written heritage of the Old and Middle Irish period, 600-1200. Chapters deal with such topics as druids, monks, poets, the beginnings of writing manuscripts, saga cycles, and stories about kings, kingship and sovereignty goddesses.

Author : Richard Tillinghast
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Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,72 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
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Richard Tillinghast writes vividly and evocatively about the land and people of his adopted home, its culture, its literature, and its long, complex history.