Heroic saga and classical epic in medieval Ireland /

'Original, innovative work which elucidates a number of individual narratives; but more significantly, by placing these texts in their proper intellectual context, the author demonstrates how the world of learning in eleventh- and twelfth-century Ireland really worked. He illuminates a world of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miles, Brent (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, [2011]
Colección:Studies in Celtic history ; 30.
Temas:
Togail Troí
Táin Bó Cuailnge.
1100-1550
Irish literature > Middle Irish, 1100-1550 > History and criticism.
Irish literature > Classical influences.
Civilization, Classical, in literature.
Epic poetry, Irish > History and criticism.
Littérature irlandaise > 1100-1550 (Moyen irlandais) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature irlandaise > Influence ancienne.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Epic poetry, Irish.
Irish literature > Middle Irish.
Literature.
Antike.
Epos.
Heldendichtung.
Mittelirisch.
Rezeption.
Irländsk litteratur > historia > 1100-1550.
Irländsk litteratur > antika influenser.
Klassicism (litteratur) > Irland.
Ireland > In literature.
Irlande > Dans la littérature.
Ireland.
Irland > i litteraturen.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Figmenta poetica and heroic saga
  • Classical learning in medieval Ireland : the state of the question
  • The Irish classical tales : texts and sources
  • Classicism and Togail troi
  • Táin bó cúailnge and Latin epic
  • The rhetorical set piece and the Breslech of the Plain of Murthemne
  • Afterword : an invitation to study.

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