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Irish Poetry from the English Invasion to 1798 by Russell K Alspach

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Irish Poetry from the English Invasion to 1798 by Russell K Alspach

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
"Students of Irish and English literature will welcome this historical and critical analysis of the Irish poetry composed during an interesting but neglected period. . . In the first part [Russell K. Alspach] reviews the extant verse of the period. He discusses, for instance, the origins of that airy piece of satire, "The Land of Cokaygne"; he also gives specimens of verse in the old English dialects of Fingal, Forth, and Bargy. In the second part he deals with the early translators, chroniclers, and historians who opened up the rich. world of Irish mythology to the non-Gaelic speaking Irish." (Irish Independent)
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ISBN 13 9781512800166
ISBN 10 1512800163
Title Irish Poetry from the English Invasion to 1798
Author Russell K Alspach
Series Anniversary Collection
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
Year published 2017-05-08
Number of pages 148
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.