| Description |
1 online resource (238 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Celtic and Indo-European origins of the fian / Kim McCone -- 2. Interpreting the evidence: problems with dating the early fianaigecht corpus / Kevin Murray -- 3. 'Finn and the man in the tree' as verbal icon / Kaarina Hollo -- 4. Finn, Ferches and the rincne: versions compared / Sharon J. Arbuthnot -- 5. Breaking the cycle? Accounts of the death of Finn / Geraldine Parsons -- 6. Deployment of some hagiographical sources in Acallam na senórach / Ann Dooley -- gt7. Keeping the Acallam together / Joseph Falaky Nagy -- 8. Some observations on the Acallam bec / Julia S. Kühns -- 9. Transmission and text of Tóruigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne: a re-appraisal / Caoimhín Breatnach -- 10. Fiannaigheacht, family, faith and fatherland / Ruairí Ó hUiginn -- 11. Tadhg Ó Cianáin: spaghetti fiannaigheacht / Mícheál Mac Craith -- 12. Duncan Kennedy and his heroic ballads / Anja Gunderloch -- 13. Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig: composition and transmission / Síle Ní Mhurchú. |
| Summary |
Stories of Finn Mac Cumaill and his fían (warband) constitute the most enduringly popular branch of Gaelic literature. These thirteen essays, the first English-language collection on the subject to be published in over twenty years, offer new insights into diverse aspects of the tradition. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Finn MacCumhaill, active 3rd century.
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Finn MacCumhaill, active 3rd century. |
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Finn. |
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Folk literature, Irish -- History and criticism.
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Folk literature, Irish. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Kongress -- Cambridge -- 2009.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Arbuthnot, Sharon J., editor.
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Parsons, Geraldine, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gaelic Finn tradition. Dublin : Four Courts, 2012 9781846822773 (DLC) 2012374579 (OCoLC)777134816 |
| ISBN |
9781846829185 (electronic book) |
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1846829186 (electronic book) |
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9781846822773 |
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1846822777 |
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