Heroic saga and classical epic in medieval Ireland. ([2011])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brent Miles.
• Authors: Miles, Brent
• 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 troi -- Táin bó cúailnge and Latin epic -- The rhetorical set piece and the Breslech of the Plain of Murthemne -- Afterword : an invitation to study.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 272 pages)
• Subjects: 891.6/209022; Irish literature -- Middle Irish, 1100-1550 -- History and criticism; Irish literature -- Classical influences; Civilization, Classical, in literature; Epic poetry, Irish -- History and criticism; Littérature irlandaise -- 1100-1550 (Moyen irlandais) -- Histoire et critique; Littérature irlandaise -- Influence ancienne; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; HISTORY -- Medieval; Civilization, Classical, in literature; Epic poetry, Irish; Irish literature -- Middle Irish; Literature; Antike; Epos; Heldendichtung; Mittelirisch; Rezeption; Irländsk litteratur -- historia -- 1100-1550; Irländsk litteratur -- antika influenser; Klassicism (litteratur) -- Irland; Ireland -- In literature; Irlande -- Dans la littérature; Ireland; Irland -- i litteraturen; Literary criticism; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Literary criticism; Critiques littéraires
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846158421; 1846158427
• Related ISBNs: 9781843842644; 1843842645
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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