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Tales of the Elders of Ireland - Oxford World's Classics
Ann Dooley
Tales of the Elders of Ireland is the first complete translation of the late Middle Irish Acallam na Senorach. Dating from around the end of the twelfth century it is the largest literary text surviving from early Ireland, mingling the contemporary Christian world of Saint Patrick, the earlier pagan world of the ancient, giant Fenians and the parallel, timeless Otherworld, peopled by ever-young, shape-shifting fairies. It also provides themost extensive account available of the Otherworld's music and magic, internecine wars, malice toward, and infatuation with, humankind - themes still featured in the story-telling of present-day Ireland. This readable and flowing new translation is based on existing manuscript sources and is richly annotated complete with anIntroduction discussing the place of the Acallam in Irish tradition and the impact of the Fenian or Ossianic tradition on English and European literature.
304 pages, 5 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 10, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199549856 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 129 × 196 × 14 mm · 216 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Dooley, Ann (Director, Celtic Studies Programme, University of Toronto and teacher at the Centre for Medieval Studies) |
| Editor | Roe, Harry (Professor Emeritus, Centre for Medieval Studies and Centre for Religious Studies, University of Toronto) |
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