num_pages: 352
description: Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this Celtic Miscellany offers a rich blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a unique insight into the minds and literature of the Celtic people. It is a literature dominated by a deep sense of wonder, wild inventiveness and a profound sense of the uncanny, in which the natural world and the power of the individual spirit are celebrated with astonishing imaginative force. Skifully arranged by theme, from the hero-tales of Cú Chulainn, Bardic poetry and elegies, to the sensitive and intimate writings of early Celtic Christianity, this anthology provides a fascinating insight into a deeply creative literary tradition.
language: English
title: A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures
titlecomplete: A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures
genres: Medieval, Classics, Ireland, History, Scotland, Irish Literature, Nonfiction, Mythology, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 577
places: Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Scotland, Cornwall, England, Brittany
publisher: Penguin Classics