Heroic saga and classical epic in medieval Ireland
By: Brent Miles
Series: Studies in Celtic history -- 30; Studies in Celtic history -- 30.
Publisher: D.S. Brewer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781843842644
Subjects: Classical influences; In literature; Civilization, Classical, in literature; History and criticism; Irish literature; Classicism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Figmenta poetica and heroic saga; title: Classical learning in medieval Ireland: the state of the question; title: The Irish classical tales : texts and sources; title: Classicism and Togail troi; title: Táin bó cúailnge and Latin epic; title: The rhetorical set piece and the Breslech of the Plain of Murthemne; title: Afterword : an invitation to study.