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This is a completely revised edition of "The Shadow of the Three Queens", an invaluable handbook first published in 1953. Designed for serious students of Irish and Anglo-Irish literature as well as for those more casual readers interested in this romantic subject, it is a unique and essential guide, offering the kind of background needed for full understanding and enjoyment of all that has been written about ancient Eire. American readers have learned to know and love the legends of Ireland, utilized by William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, James Stephens, and others. The material these authors drew upon is fully annotated here, with exactness and clarity of organization, along with a rich bibliography of sources for the advanced student. No work of this kind has been previously attempted. Following a discussion on language and a concise outline of pre-Norman Irish history, the reader is offered a detailed story of sociological factors ranging from mythology to matters of everyday living. Then comes a survey of the great literature of Ireland, which takes in the subject of manuscripts, classifications of the poets and musicians, story lists, visions, voyages, lyric verse, and the ma

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Author

George Brandon Saul

Publisher

Bucknell University Press

Published

1970

Language

EN

ISBN

9780838776865

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, History