Tales of the elders of Ireland =
Subtitle: (Acallam na senórach)
By: translated with an introduction and notes by Ann Dooley and Harry Roe.
Contributors: Roe, Harry, 1933-; Dooley, Ann, 1943-
Series: Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Irish literature -- Middle Irish, 1100-1550 -- Translations into English; Tales -- Ireland -- Translations into English; Mythology, Celtic -- Ireland
Genres: Translations into English.
Other titles: Acallam na senórach
Description: "This is the first complete translation of the largest literary text surviving from twelfth-century Ireland, the most comprehensive early collection of Fenian stories and poetry." "Three parallel worlds interact in the Tales: the contemporary Christian world of Saint Patrick, with his scribes, clerics, occasional angels, and souls rescued from Hell; the earlier pagan world of the ancient, giant Fenians and an array of Irish kings; and the timeless Otherworld, peopled by ever-young, shape-shifting fairies. The Tales dwell in detail on the inhabitants of the Irish Otherworld and provide an extensive account of their music and magic, their internecine wars and their malice toward, and infatuation with, humankind - themes that still feature in the story-telling of present-day Ireland." "This new translation is based on existing manuscript sources and is richly annotated, looking at the Acallam's place in Irish tradition and its wider literary impact."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([p. xxxviii]-xl).