Aspects of the Táin
By: J.P. Mallory, editor.
Contributors: Mallory, J. P.
Publisher: December Publications
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Belfast
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Táin bó Cúailnge.; Epic literature, Irish -- History and criticism.; Cuchulain (Legendary character); Heroes in literature.; Mythology, Celtic -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland); Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- In literature.; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- Antiquities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Based on lectures originally presented in 1990 at the Cú Chulainn Country Summer School, Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland.
Table of contents: title: Táin b́o Cúailnge: an outline of the plot / J. P. Mallory; title: The background and development of Táin bó Cúailnge / Ruairí Ó hUiginn; title: The Táin as literature / Patricia Kelly; title: The world of Cú Chulainn: the archaeology of Táin bó Cúailnge / J.P. Mallory.