Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Medieval Irish LyricsISBN13:9780268034573ISBN10:0268034575Author:Fowler, Barbara Hughes (Editor), Fowler, Barbara Hughes (Translator)Description:Well Known For Her Translations Of The Poetry Of Classical Greece, Ancient Egypt, And Medieval Portugal, Barbara Hughes Fowler Once Again Makes The Poetry Of Another Era Accessible To A New Generation This Anthology Offers Modern Readers Modern, New Translations Of The Lyric Poetry Transcribed Or Written By Medieval Irish Monks Irish Poets Were The First Europeans To Write In The Vernacular, Though Few People Now Read This Poetry In Its Original The 35 Lyrics In This Book Were Composed Between 800 And 1200 A D , All Of Them Anonymously, Although Some Are Attributed To Legendary Or Historical Figures Who Had Died Centuries Before Irish Monks Wrote Them In The Margins Of The Manuscripts They Were Copying, Or They Interpolated Poems They Either Knew Or Composed Into The Pagan Tales They Were Recording Many Of These Poems Are About What The Irish Called Tir Na N'og, The Land Of The Young This Was Not A Place You Went After Death If You Behaved Yourself In Life It Was Where Imaginative Irish Longed To Go--A Paradise Of Lovely Women, Bountiful Food And Drink, And Endless Treasures Of Silver, Gold, And Jewels Lyric Poems, Rooted So Firmly In The Expression Of Human Emotion, Travel Well From An Ancient Culture To A Modern One In The Hands Of A Fine Translator Rendered Into Language And Form Intended For A General Readership, These Lyrics Help To Preserve An Ancient And Rich Culture Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:University of Notre Dame PressPublication Date:2000-12-31Weight:0.39 lbsDimensions:0.27'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:114Language:English
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Book Title: Medieval Irish Lyrics
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Barbara Hughes Fowler
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Medieval, Poetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication Year: 2000
Genre: Literary Criticism, Poetry, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 6.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 114 Pages
