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Adaptations of Roman Epic in Medieval Ireland
Three Studies in the Interplay of Erudition and Oral Tradition

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Adaptations of Roman Epic in Medieval Ireland
Three Studies in the Interplay of Erudition and Oral Tradition

by John R. Harris (Author)

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ISBN: 9780773482852

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This text examines, side-by-side and through close textual analysis, the medieval adaptions of Vergil, Lucan, and Statius from Latin into Irish Gaelic.

ISBN	773482857
ISBN13	9780773482852
Publisher	Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Format	Hardback
Publication date	30/09/1998
Pages	252
Weight (grammes)	751.00
Published in	United States
Height (mm)	240
Width (mm)

Translation and imitation
dating manuscripts and estimating origins
orality and literacy in medieval Ireland
Imtheachta Aeniasa - Aeneas the traitor and narrative consistency
In Cath Catharda - Lucan made traditional
In Togail na Tebe - warring styles behind the war at Thebes
Appendices: pagan gods in the German Eneit
Lucan's epic in Norman French
the Irish adaptation of Statius' Achilleid.