Aspects of the Táin

Aspects of the Táin
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Publisher : Casemate Academic
Total Pages : 168
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Download or read book Aspects of the Táin written by J. P. Mallory and published by Casemate Academic. This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description: The account of Cú Chulainn's single-handed defence of Ulster against the assembled armies of Queen Medb of Connacht is recognized as the centrepiece of Irish heroic epic as well as a mine of information about the behaviour and beliefs of early Irish. This text attempts to bring together for the modern reader an account of the historical development of the tale, how it succeeds or fails as literature, and to what extent it is a 'window on the Iron Age'.


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