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Conversing with Angels and Ancients: Literary Myths of Medieval Ireland
Joseph Falaky Nagy
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Description for Conversing with Angels and Ancients: Literary Myths of Medieval Ireland
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
How does a written literature come into being within an oral culture, and how does such a literature achieve and maintain its authority? Joseph Falaky Nagy addresses those issues in his wide-ranging reading of the medieval literature of Ireland, from the writings of St. Patrick to the epic tales about the warrior Cu Chulainn. These texts, written in both Latin and Irish, constitute an adventurous and productive experiment in staging confrontations between the written and the spoken, the Christian and the pagan. The early Irish literati, primarily clerics living within a monastic milieu, produced literature that included saints' lives, heroic ... Read more
How does a written literature come into being within an oral culture, and how does such a literature achieve and maintain its authority? Joseph Falaky Nagy addresses those issues in his wide-ranging reading of the medieval literature of Ireland, from the writings of St. Patrick to the epic tales about the warrior Cu Chulainn. These texts, written in both Latin and Irish, constitute an adventurous and productive experiment in staging confrontations between the written and the spoken, the Christian and the pagan. The early Irish literati, primarily clerics living within a monastic milieu, produced literature that included saints' lives, heroic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
593g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801483684
SKU
V9780801483684
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99-1
About Joseph Falaky Nagy
Joseph Falaky Nagy is Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Irish Studies at Harvard University. He was the founder and first editor of The Celtic Studies of North America Yearbook.
Reviews for Conversing with Angels and Ancients: Literary Myths of Medieval Ireland
Many interesting points are raised throughout.
Medium Aevum
A convincing, absorbing, and challenging analysis.... This book is an essential book for all those involved in the interpretation of Old Irish texts, but it is also a book designed to encourage fresh dialogue, both between scholars and texts, and among scholars themselves. For a work that explores ... Read more
Medium Aevum
A convincing, absorbing, and challenging analysis.... This book is an essential book for all those involved in the interpretation of Old Irish texts, but it is also a book designed to encourage fresh dialogue, both between scholars and texts, and among scholars themselves. For a work that explores ... Read more