Author: Bartholomew Maccarthy
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ISBN: 9783337433819
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Author: Bartholomew MacCarthy
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 750

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004488510
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 309

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In the summer of 1996 the first international conference was held on the medieval chronicle, a genre which until then had received but scant attention from historians or specialists in literary history or art history. There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of an international conference. In the first place there is its ubiquity: all over Europe and throughout the Middle Ages chronicles were written, both in Latin and in the vernacular, and not only in Europe but also in the countries neighbouring on it, like those of the Arabic world. Secondly, all chronicles raise such questions as by whom, for whom, or for what purpose were they written, how do they reconstruct the past, what determined the choice of verse or prose, or what kind of literary influences are discernable in them. Finally, many chronicles have been beautifully illuminated, and the relation between text and image leads to a wholly different set of questions. It is the aim of the present volume to provide a representative survey of the on-going research in the field of chronicle studies, illustrated by examples from specific chronicles from a wide variety of countries, periods and cultural backgrounds.

Author: National Library of Ireland
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Category : Celtic philology
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Author: Jill Fitzgerald
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526129116
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 405

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Over six hundred years before John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Anglo-Saxon authors told their own version of the fall of the angels. This book brings together various cultural moments, literary genres and relevant comparanda to recover that version, from the legal and social world to the world of popular spiritual ritual and belief. The story of the fall of the angels in Anglo-Saxon England is the story of a successfully transmitted exegetical teaching turned rich literary tradition. It can be traced through a range of genres – sermons, saints’ lives, royal charters, riddles, devotional and biblical poetry – each one offering a distinct window into the ancient myth’s place within the Anglo-Saxon literary and cultural imagination.

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Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 66

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Author: John Healy
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 570

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Author: Liam Harte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108548458
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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A History of Irish Autobiography is the first ever critical survey of autobiographical self-representation in Ireland from its recoverable beginnings to the twenty-first century. The book draws on a wealth of original scholarship by leading experts to provide an authoritative examination of autobiographical writing in the English and Irish languages. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of autobiography theory and criticism in Ireland, the History guides the reader through seventeen centuries of Irish achievement in autobiography, a category that incorporates diverse literary forms, from religious tracts and travelogues to letters, diaries, and online journals. This ambitious book is rich in insight. Chapters are structured around key subgenres, themes, texts, and practitioners, each featuring a guide to recommended further reading. The volume's extensive coverage is complemented by a detailed chronology of Irish autobiography from the fifth century to the contemporary era, the first of its kind to be published.

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Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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