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A Celtic Miscellany: Selected and Translated by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson

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Description for A Celtic Miscellany: Selected and Translated by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson Paperback. Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this book offers a blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides an insight into the minds and literature of the Celtic people. Editor(s): Jackson, Kenneth. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRKP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141398853
SKU
V9780141398853
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-21

About Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson
Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson was born in 1909. He 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. Professor Jackson died in 1991.

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