1st Edition
The Medieval Cultures of the Irish Sea and the North Sea Manannán and his Neighbors
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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The literary, historical, and linguistic confluence that characterized the Irish Sea region in the pre-modern period is reflected in the interdisciplinarity of these new research essays, centered on the literatures, languages, and histories of the Irish-Sea communities of the Middle Ages, much of which is still evoked in contemporary culture. The contributors to this collection dive deep into the... Read more
Preface, Introduction: Manannán and his Neighbors, 1. Hiberno-Manx Coins in the Irish Sea, 2. Hunferth and Incitement in Beowulf, 3. Cú Chulainn Unbound, 4. Ragnhild Eiríksdóttir: Cross-Cultural Sovereignty Motifs and Antifeminist Rhetoric in Chapter 9 of Orkneyinga saga, 5. Statius' Dynamic Absence in the Narrative Frame of the Middle-Irish Togail na Tebe, 6. The Stanley Family and the Gawain Texts of the Percy Folio, 7. Ancient Myths for the Modern Nation: Seamus Heaney's Beowulf, 8. Kohlberg Explains Cú Chulainn: Developing Moral Judgment from Bully to Boy Wonder to Brave Warrior, 9. Language Revival and Preservation: Contrasting Manx and Texas German
Biography
Charles W. MacQuarrie is Professor of English at California State University (Bakersfield campus). He earned his PhD in English from the University of Washington.
Joseph Falaky Nagy is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Irish Studies at Harvard University. He earned his PhD in Celtic from Harvard and is formerly Professor at UCLA of English and Folklore & Mythology.
