Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel
Kingship and Narrative Artistry in a Mediaeval Irish Saga
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Word Count
98,000 words, Guess
Page Count
392 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28488289M
- ISBN-139780199666133
- OCLC Control Number806014740
- OCLC Control Numberdestructionofdad0000ocon
- Library of Congress Control Number2013409776
Classifications
- LCCPB1327
Description
This book ... aims to show how one particularly celebrated saga 'works' as a story: the Middle Irish tale Togail Bruidne Da Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel), which James Carney called 'the finest saga of the early period'. This book invites the reader to enjoy and understand this literary masterpiece, explaining its narrative artistry within its native, classical and biblical literary contexts. Against a historical backdrop of shifting ideologies of Christian kingship, it interprets the saga's possible significance for contemporary audiences as a questioning exploration of the challenges and paradoxes of kingship.
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