Adaptations of Roman epic in medieval Ireland : three studies in the interplay of erudition and oral tradition

Author(s)

• Harris, John R.

Bibliographic Information

Adaptations of Roman epic in medieval Ireland : three studies in the interplay of erudition and oral tradition

John R. Harris

（Studies in epic and romance literature, v. 5）

Edwin Mellen Press, c1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text examines, side-by-side and through close textual analysis, the medieval adaptions of Vergil, Lucan, and Statius from Latin into Irish Gaelic.

Table of Contents

• Translation and imitation
• dating manuscripts and estimating origins
• orality and literacy in medieval Ireland
• Imtheachta Aeniasa - Aeneas the traitor and narrative consistency
• In Cath Catharda - Lucan made traditional
• In Togail na Tebe - warring styles behind the war at Thebes
• Appendices: pagan gods in the German Eneit
• Lucan's epic in Norman French
• the Irish adaptation of Statius' Achilleid.

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Details

• NCID: BA79782365
• ISBN:
  • 0773482857
• LCCN: 98035868
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lewiston, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 239 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PB1327
  • DC21 : 891.6/2103202
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Epic literature, Irish -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Irish literature -- Middle Irish, 1100-1550 -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Epic poetry, Latin -- Adaptations -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Learning and scholarship -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500
  • LCSH : Oral tradition -- Ireland -- History -- To 1500
  • LCSH : Classical literature -- Appreciation -- Ireland
  • LCSH : Irish literature -- Roman influences
  • LCSH : Manuscripts, Medieval -- Ireland
  • LCSH : Rhetoric, Medieval
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA3871032X