Brent Miles

Heroic Saga and Classical Epic in Medieval Ireland

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An examination of the ways in which works of Classical literature influenced and were received by the native Irish tradition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781843842644
• ISBN-10: 1843842645
• Artikelnr.: 31868384

Autorenporträt

Brent Miles

Inhaltsangabe

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