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Author : Whitely Stokes, D.C.L.
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
The Destruction Of Da Derga S Hostel written by Whitely Stokes, D.C.L. and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Fiction categories.
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Author : Ralph O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2013-02-28
The Destruction Of Da Derga S Hostel written by Ralph O'Connor and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Irish saga literature represents the largest collection of vernacular narrative in existence from the early Middle Ages, using the tools of Christian literacy to retell myths and legends about the pagan past. This unique corpus remains marginal to standard histories of Western literature: its tales are widely read, but their literary artistry remains a puzzle to many even within Celtic studies. This book, the first to offer a systematic literary analysis of any single native Irish tale, aims to show how one particularly celebrated saga 'works' as a story: the Middle Irish tale Togail Bruidne Da Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel), which James Carney called 'the finest saga of the early period'. This epic tale tells how the legendary king Conaire was raised by a shadowy Otherworld to the kingship of Tara and, after a fatal error of judgement, was hounded by spectres to an untimely death at Da Derga's Hostel at the hands of his own foster-brothers. By turns lyrical and laconic, and rich in native mythological imagery, the story is told with a dramatic intensity worthy of Greek tragedy, and the intricate symmetry of its narrative procedure recalls the visual patterning of illuminated manuscripts such as The Book of Kells. This book invites the reader to enjoy and understand this literary masterpiece, explaining its narrative artistry within its native, classical and biblical literary contexts. Against a historical backdrop of shifting ideologies of Christian kingship, it interprets the saga's possible significance for contemporary audiences as a questioning exploration of the challenges and paradoxes of kingship.
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Author : Whitely Stokes
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-16
The Destruction Of Da Derga S Hostel written by Whitely Stokes and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-16 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Author : Whitley Stokes
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-01-06
The Destruction Of Da Derga S Hostel written by Whitley Stokes and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-06 with categories.
Whitley Stokes (28 February 1830 - 13 April 1909) was an Irish lawyer and Celtic scholar. Stokes studied Irish, Breton and Cornish texts as materials for comparative philogy, learning Old Irish and Middle Risih. In the hundred years since his death he has continued to be a central figure in Celtic scholarship. Many of his editions have not been superseded in that time and his total output in Celtic studies comes to over 15,000 pages. The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel is an Irish tale belonging to the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. It recounts the birth, life, and death of Conaire Mór son of Eterscél Mór, a legendary High King of Ireland, who is killed at Da Derga's hostel by his enemies when he breaks his geasa. It is considered one of the finest Irish sagas of the early period, comparable to the better-known Táin Bó Cúailnge.The theme of gathering doom, as the king is forced through circumstances to break one after another of his taboos, is non-Christian in essence, and no Christian interpretations are laid upon the marvels that it relates. In its repetitions and verbal formulas the poem retains the qualities of oral transmission. The tone of the work has been compared with Greek tragedy.
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language : en
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Release Date : 2001
The Destruction Of Da Derga S Hostel written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Epic literature, Irish categories.
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Author : Whitely Stokes
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2011-12-03
The Destruction Of D Derga S Hostel written by Whitely Stokes and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-03 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The vast and interesting epic literature of Ireland has remained, for the most part, inaccessible to English readers until these last sixty years. In 1853, Nicholas O'Kearney published the Irish text and an English translation of "The Battle of Gabra," and since that date the volume of printed texts and English versions has steadily increased. Now there lies open to the ordinary reader a considerable mass of material illustrating the imaginative life of medieval Ireland. Of these Irish epic tales, "The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel" is a specimen of remarkable beauty and power. The primitive aspects of the story are made evident in the way that the plot turns upon the disasters that follow on the violation of taboos, by the monstrous nature of many of the warriors, and by the absence of any attempt to explain the beliefs implied or the marvels related in it. The powers and achievements of the heroes are fantastic and extraordinary beyond description. The natural and extra-natural constantly mingle, yet nowhere does the narrator express surprise. The technical method of the tale, too, is curiously and almost mechanically symmetrical, after the manner of savage art. Both description and narration are marked by a high degree of freshness and vividness.
Early Irish Myths And Sagas
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language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1981-09-17
Early Irish Myths And Sagas written by and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-09-17 with Social Science categories.
First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures of the great Celtic hero Cu Chulaind, to the stunning 'Exile of the Sons of Uisliu' - a tale of treachery, honour and romance - these are masterpieces of passion and vitality, and form the foundation for the Irish literary tradition: a mythic legacy that was a powerful influence on the work of Yeats, Synge and Joyce.
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Author : Ralph O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2013-02-28
The Destruction Of Da Derga S Hostel written by Ralph O'Connor and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-28 with History categories.
This book explores the strange world of Irish sagas. It offers a systematic literary analysis of any single native Irish saga and presents an analysis of the finest of the sagas, 'The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel'. The reader is invited to not only understand this and other Irish sagas, but also to enjoy them as literature.
Sacred Display
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language : en
Publisher: Cambria Press
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1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described
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Author : Edward Sylvester Ellis
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-06-02
1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described written by Edward Sylvester Ellis and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-02 with Fiction categories.
"1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described" is a great reference book for children and young adults about the most influential figures in the world's mythology. This book includes descriptions of creatures, gods, and heroes from almost all cultures, including such ancient civilizations as Egyptian and Indian.