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Classical literature and learning in medieval Irish narrative /
This edited volume will make a major contribution to our appreciation of the importance of classical literature and learning in medieval Ireland, and particularly to our understanding of its role in shaping the content, structure and transmission of medieval Irish narrative." Dr Kevin Murray, D...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
D.S. Brewer, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd,
2014
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| Colección: | Studies in Celtic history ;
34. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Irish narrative literature and the Classical tradition, 900-1300 / Ralph O'Connor
- Imtheachta Aeniasa and its place in medieval Irish textual history / Erich Poppe
- History and historia : uses of the Troy story in medieval Ireland and Wales / Helen Fulton
- The uses of exaggeration in Merugud Uilixis Meic Leirtis and in Fingal / Chlainne Tanntail, Robert Crampton
- The medieval Irish Wandering of Ulysses between literacy and orality / Barbara Hillers
- Demonology, allegory and translation : the Furies and the Morrigan / Michael Clarke
- Reconstructing the medieval Irish bookshelf : a case study of Fingal Ronain and the horse-eared kings / Michael Clarke
- 'The metaphorical Hector' : the literary portrayal of Murchad mac Briain / Maire Ni Mhaonaigh
- Was Classical imitation necessary for the writing of large-scale Irish sagas? : Reflections on Tain Bo Cuailnge and the 'watchman device' / Ralph O'Connor
- 'Wrenching the club from the hand of Hercules' : Classical models for medieval Irish compilatio / Abigail Burnyeat.