O'Connor Classical Literature and Learning in Medieval Irish Narrative

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78204-396-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 34, 254 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Celtic History

Examinations of the use of classical Latin texts, themes and techniques in medieval Irish narrative.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Connor, Ralph

Weitere Mitwirkende

Burnyeat, Abigail

Hillers, Barbara

Poppe, Erich

Fulton, Helen

Ni Mhaonaigh, Maire

Clarke, Michael

O'Connor, Ralph

Crampton, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Morrígan - Michael Clarke
Reconstructing the medieval Irish bookshelf: a case study of Fingal Rónáin and the horse-eared kings - Michael Clarke
'The metaphorical Hector': the literary portrayal of Murchad mac Bríain - Maire Ni Mhaonaigh
Was Classical imitation necessary for the writing of large-scale Irish sagas? Reflections on Táin Bó Cúailnge and the 'watchman device' - Ralph O'Connor
'Wrenching the club from the hand of Hercules': Classical models for medieval Irish compilatio - Abigail Burnyeat
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Fulton Helen:
Helen Fulton is Chair of Medieval Literature at the University of Bristol.