Introduction to early Irish literature

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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.

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Full title :Introduction to early Irish literature / Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin.

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Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Four Courts
Place of Publication:Dublin
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:1 v. (X-210 p.) : : couv. illustrations en coul., illustrations en coul. ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781846821776, 1846821770, 9781846821769, 1846821762
oclc:ocn690286106
LC Classification:PB1321
Dewey Decimal:891.6209001

The background -- Stories and storytelling -- Druids, poets, and bards -- The arrival of Christianity -- Branches of literature -- Oral tradition and written literature -- Ogam, writing, and manuscripts -- An example of the language about 1000 -- The mythological cycle -- Addendum : theory -- The heroic cycle -- Discussion of the Táin -- The Fenian cycle -- The cycles of the kings -- The otherworld -- The location and nature of the otherworld -- Otherworld visits and the heroic biography -- The voyages and Brendan voyage -- The vision tales -- Kings, goddesses, and sovereignty -- Goddesses of sovereignty -- The manifestations of the sovereignty goddess -- Madness in early Irish literature -- The hero and heroic biography -- Conception and birth -- Account of youth and upbringing -- Invulnerability -- A fight with a dragon or a monster -- The hero acquires a wife -- The hero visits the otherworld -- Exile and return -- Death of the hero -- Poets and poetry -- The status of the poet -- Prosimetrum -- Poets and poetry -- Early Irish lyrics.

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