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The Irish Tradition
Robin Flower
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Description for The Irish Tradition
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AF; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248. 192 pages, bibliography. Originally published in 1947, this is a classic work by one of Ireland's great interpreters of the medieval Irish world, from the seventh to the seventeenth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AF; DNF; JFC. Dimension: 216 x 152 x 16. Weight: 248.
First published in 1947, these celebrated lectures and introductions to the medieval and modern Gaelic-speaking culture, which was drawing to a close when Flower first came to Ireland in 1910, form a primary source for generations of scholars and readers, Celticists and medievalists. This edition is accompanied by Professor Delargy’s In Memoriam and an updated bibliography of Flower’s works.
Product Details
Publisher
LILLIPUT PRESS
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Weight
248g
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781874675310
SKU
V9781874675310
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Ref
99-6
About Robin Flower
ROBIN FLOWER was Deputy-Keeper of Manuscripts in the British Museum from 1929 to 1944 and a lifelong visitor to the Blasket Islands in Kerry. His books include the Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the British Museum (Vol.II, 1926), The Western Island (1944), and a translation of The Islandman (1934) by Tomáis O Criomhthain.
Reviews for The Irish Tradition
The Irish Tradition will perpetuate Robin Flower’s memory among all educated Irishmen. It is the one book on Irish literature which can be recommended without reserve to everyone who wishes for a true, accurate and sympathetic account of a beauty that once permeated the lives of kings, monks and men of learning, but which now survives perilously only among the ... Read more