Heroic Saga and Classical Epic in Medieval Ireland

List of contents

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 Troí
Táin Bó Cúailnge and Latin epic
The Rhetorical Set Piece and the Breslech of the Plain of Murthemne
Afterword: An Invitation to Study
Bibliography

About the author

Brent Miles

Product details

• Authors: Brent Miles
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2011
• EAN: 9781843842644
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-264-4
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 576 g
• Series: Studies in Celtic History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Texte: Antike und Mittelalter, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Medieval