The early Finn cycle /

The Finn (or Fenian) Cycle (fianaigecht) is classified by modern scholarship as one of four medieval Irish literary cycles along with the Ulster Cycle, the Cycle of Historical Tales (or Cycles of the Kings) and the Mythological Cycle. It is primarily composed of material dealing with the legendary c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murray, Kevin, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Old Irish
Publicado: Dublin, Ireland : Four Courts Press, [2017]
Temas:
Finn MacCumhaill, > active 3rd century > In literature.
Finn MacCumhaill, > active 3rd century
Fenian cycle.
Fenian cycle
Folk literature, Irish > History and criticism.
Littérature populaire irlandaise > Histoire et critique.
Folk literature, Irish
Literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Dedication
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Table of contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Text titles and initial lines of poems
  • Common terminology
  • Introduction
  • 1. Acallam na senórach
  • 2. The growth of the tradition
  • 3. The nature of the fían
  • 4. The conflict between Finn and Oisín
  • 5. The early tales set around the river Suir
  • 6. Further early fíanaigecht sources
  • 7. The background to Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne
  • 8. Tochmarc Ailbe
  • 9. Finn's boyhood deeds
  • 10. The death of Finn
  • 11. The early tradition of Fenian lays
  • 12. The portrayal of Finn
  • 13. Fothad Canainne
  • 14. Later literary developments of the early fíanaigecht corpus
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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