A Celtic Miscellany

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (1909-1991) began his career as a lecturer in Celtic at Cambridge, before becoming the first chair of the Department of Celtic Language and Literature at Harvard. He undertook war service with the Uncommon Languages section of British censorship and subsequently held professorships at Harvard and Edinburgh. Klappentext 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. For more than seventy years! Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1!700 titles! Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors! as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung 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. For more than seventy years! Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1!700 titles! Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors! as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Celtic MiscellanyPreface Maps: (i) Ireland (ii) Wales Hero-Tale and Adventure Note 1. How Cú Chulainn Got His Name 2. Cú Chulainn and the Charioteer 3. The Killing of Edarcomhol 4. Cú Chulainn's Meeting with Findabhair 5. Ceithern's Blood-transfusion and Death 6. Cú Chulainn in the Valley of the Deaf 7. The Story of Deirdre 8. The Death of Conchobhar 9. How Celtchar Killed the "Brown Mouse" 10. How Cobhthach Contrived his Brother's Death 11. The Recognition of Ulysses Nature Note 12. May-time 13. The Coming of Winter 14. Winter Cold 15. Winter 16. The Four Seasons 17. A Storm at Sea 18. The Hermit's Hut 19. Arran 20. The Hill of Howth 21. Deirdre Remembers a Scottish Glen 22. The Ivied Tree-Top 23. Suibhne the Wild Man in the Forest 24. Suibhne Praises the Garbh 25. To May and January 26. The Birch-wood Bower 27. The Snow 28. The Mist 29. The Stars 30. The Burial of the Poet, Dead for Love 31. The Poet's Arbour in...

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Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (1909-1991) began his career as a lecturer in Celtic at Cambridge, before becoming the first chair of the Department of Celtic Language and Literature at Harvard. He undertook war service with the Uncommon Languages section of British censorship and subsequently held professorships at Harvard and Edinburgh.

Klappentext
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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Inhalt
A Celtic MiscellanyPreface
Maps:
(i) Ireland
(ii) Wales
Hero-Tale and Adventure
Note
1. How Cú Chulainn Got His Name
2. Cú Chulainn and the Charioteer
3. The Killing of Edarcomhol
4. Cú Chulainn's Meeting with Findabhair
5. Ceithern's Blood-transfusion and Death
6. Cú Chulainn in the Valley of the Deaf
7. The Story of Deirdre
8. The Death of Conchobhar
9. How Celtchar Killed the "Brown Mouse"
10. How Cobhthach Contrived his Brother's Death
11. The Recognition of Ulysses
Nature
Note
12. May-time
13. The Coming of Winter
14. Winter Cold
15. Winter
16. The Four Seasons
17. A Storm at Sea
18. The Hermit's Hut
19. Arran
20. The Hill of Howth
21. Deirdre Remembers a Scottish Glen
22. The Ivied Tree-Top
23. Suibhne the Wild Man in the Forest
24. Suibhne Praises the Garbh
25. To May and January
26. The Birch-wood Bower
27. The Snow
28. The Mist
29. The Stars
30. The Burial of the Poet, Dead for Love
31. The Poet's Arbour in the Birch-wood
32. To a Birch-tree Cut Down, and Set Up in the Llanidloes for a Maypole
33. The Mansion of the Woods
34. To the Sun
35. To the New Moon
36. To the Moon
37. The Mountain Stream
38. Winter and Summer
Love
Note
39. The Dream of Oenghus
40. How Trystan Won Esylt
41. Secret Love
42. The Jealous Husband
43. The Seagull
44. In Defence of Women
45. To Her Hair
46. Reconciliation
47. The Lover's Doubts
48. Do Not Torment Me, Woman
49. The Hidden Love
50. Take Those Lips Away
51. Trust No Man
52. Happy for You, Blind Man!
53. Hate Goes Just as Far as Love
54. The Blackthorn Pin
55. The Indifferent Mistress
56. Parted Lovers
57. The Message of the Eyes
58. She's the White Flower of the Blackberry
59. How Glad Are the Small Birds
60. Young Lad of the Braided Hair
61. At the Fiddlers'
62. He Whose Hand and Eye Are Gentle
63. The Black-haired Lad
64. The Laundress's Sweetheart
65. Mary, My Darling
66. Kate of Garnavilla
67. The Ballad of Marivonnik
68. Fhir a' Bhàta
69. The Slender Lad
Epigram
Note
70. The Wayside Fountain
71. The Blackbird's Song
72. The Hermit Blackbird
73. The Spring
74. Heather Flowers
75. Mountain Lakes
76. Sliabh gCua
77. Merioneth
78. The Pole Star
79. Night
80. Night and Morning
81. The Wind
82. The Storm
83. Thick Sn…

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