A Celtic Miscellany: Selected and Translated by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson: Translations from the Celtic Literature: 0247 (Penguin Classics)

by KennethJackson (Author)

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  2006

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  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 Cu Chulainn, Bardic poetry and elegies, to the sensitive and intimate writings of early Celtic Christianity, this anthology provides a fascinating insight into a deeply creative literary tradition.