Irish Literary Tradition

with Maxim Fomin

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Required reading

The Cambridge History of Irish Literature. Vol. 1, by M. Kelleher & P. O’Leary. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. 9-139, 191-231, 320-71, 544-598.

The Irish Literary Tradition, by J. E. Caerwyn Williams, Patrick K. Ford. University of Wales, Cardiff, 1992.

Celtic Culture. A Historical Encyclopedia, by J. T. Koch. Aberystwyth, 2005, relevant entries.

Dictionary of Irish Literature: Revised and Expanded Edition, by R. Hogan, Connecticut-London, 1995 (relevant entries, esp. ‘Contemporary Literature in the Irish Language’, by A. Titley, pp. 63-72).

Gaelic Literature Surveyed, by A. De Blácam, Dublin & Cork, 1933.

Select a Week:

Week 1 Introduction go
Week 2Encounters of saints with heroes go
Week 3The Ulster cycle of tales go
Week 4Early Irish native literary tradition go
Week 5Middle Irish satirical wiritngs go
Week 6Middle Irish romances & Fenian lays go
Week 7The penetration of saga material into the folklore tradition go
Week 8Irish historical and pseudo-historical writings go
Week 9The Irish lords on the continent go
Week 10The decline of the bardic tradition go
Week 11Late nineteenth century Irish literary revival go
Week 12Twentieth century Irish literature go

Irish Literary Tradition

with Maxim Fomin

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