Author : Dan M. Wiley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Book Synopsis Essays on the Early Irish King Tales by : Dan M. Wiley
Download or read book Essays on the Early Irish King Tales written by Dan M. Wiley and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a new introduction to the early Irish king-tales together with ten original essays on selected topics and suggestions for future research. Contents: Dan M. Wiley (Hastings College), An introduction to the early Irish king-tales; S. Elizabeth Passmore (U Southern Indiana), Prophecy and counsel in the tales of NÃ?Â?Ã?Â-all NoÃ?Â?Ã?Â-gÃ?Â?Ã?Â-allach; Kevin Murray (UCC), Baile BinnbÃ?Â?Ã?Â(c)rlach mac BÃ?Â?Ã?°ain in Irish tradition; Jacqueline Borsje (UU), Kings and supernatural threats; Thomas Owen Clancy (U Glasgow), Tradition and history in the evolution of some early Irish king-tales; William Sayers (Cornell), Kings, fools, herdsmen and the occasional saint; Clodagh Downey (DIAS), Women, the world and three wiseÃ?Â?Ã?Â?men; Morgan T. Davies (Colgate U), A somewhat heroic biography of Brandub mac Echach; Michael Byrnes, A new edition of Esnada Tige Buchet; Mark Zumbuhl (NUIG), The 11th and 12th-century historical sagas; and Joseph Falaky Nagy (UCLA), Fenians and kings.