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The Destruction Of Da Dergas Hostel Kingship And Narrative Artistry In A Mediaeval Irish Saga 1st Edition Ralph Oconnor

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The Destruction Of Da Dergas Hostel Kingship And Narrative Artistry In A Mediaeval Irish Saga 1st Edition Ralph Oconnor instant download after payment.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

File Extension: PDF

File size: 4.77 MB

Pages: 392

Author: Ralph O'Connor

ISBN: 9780199666133, 019966613X

Language: English

Year: 2013

Edition: 1

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The Destruction Of Da Dergas Hostel Kingship And Narrative Artistry In A Mediaeval Irish Saga 1st Edition Ralph Oconnor by Ralph O'connor 9780199666133, 019966613X instant download after payment.

Irish saga literature represents the largest collection of vernacular narrative in existence from the early Middle Ages, using the tools of Christian literacy to retell myths and legends about the pagan past. This unique corpus remains marginal to standard histories of Western literature: its tales are widely read, but their literary artistry remains a puzzle to many even within Celtic studies. This book, the first monograph to offer a systematic literary analysis of any single native Irish tale, 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 epic tale tells how the legendary king Conaire was raised by a shadowy Otherworld to the kingship of Tara and, after a fatal error of judgement, was hounded by spectres to an untimely death at Da Derga's Hostel at the hands of his own foster-brothers. By turns
lyrical and laconic, and rich in native mythological imagery, the story is told with a dramatic intensity worthy of Greek tragedy, and the intricate symmetry of its narrative procedure recalls the visual patterning of illuminated manuscripts such as The Book of Kells. 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.