Celtic Literatures in the Twentieth Century (121,00 руб.)

Celtic Literatures in the Twentieth Century Edited by Sйamus Mac Mathъna and Ailbhe У Corrбin Assistant Editor Maxim Fomin Research Institute for Irish and Celtic Studies University of Ulster Languages of Slavonic Culture Moscow, 2007 CELTIC LITERATURES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY / Ed. by Sйamus Mac Mathъna and Ailbhe У Corrбin; Assistant Editor Maxim Fomin / Research Institute for Irish and Celtic Studies, University of Ulster. <...> They include chapters by Alan Titley and Diarmaid У Doibhlin on, respectively, Irish prose and Irish poetry, and by Ronald Black on Scottish Gaelic poetry. <...> Peredur Lynch discusses and assesses Welsh literature and Francis Favereau deals with Breton literature. <...> Donald Meek’s contribution fi lls a signifi cant gap in the proceedings in that it deals with Scottish Gaelic prose writing; more specifi cally, the author considers the infl uence of Christianity on some twentieth century Gaelic short stories. <...> Pбdraig У Fuarбin’s subject is that of landscape in the writings of the great Scottish Gaelic poet, Sorley MacLean. <...> Finally, Sabine Heinz offers an appreciation of the writings of the infl uential Welsh author, writer, and activist, Angharad Tomos, and Gwenno Piette (Sven-Meyer) examines the interesting and provocative matter of Breton literature during the German Occupation (19401944). <...> To put it another way: the book in which У Cadhain’s essay appears features lectures on Welsh poetry and literature, Scottish Gaelic poetry, Lowland Scots poetry, Writing in Breton and Anglo-Irish poetry. <...> Although containing in many — 11 — ALAN TITLEY ways the most extensive Gaeltacht, Connacht, until the arrival of Mбirtнn У Cadhain as a major writer in the late nineteen forties, remained, like its hurlers and footballers, permanently at the bottom rung of losers and no-hopers, in slumber deep and unknowing. <...> His other achievement was that he added the much-needed ingredient of imagination to that documentary literature which was growing in each Gaeltacht as scholars persuaded small farmers and fi sherman that they had something to say. <...> Some did and some didn’t. There was, of course, value in documenting the way of life, and more importantly, the language of the Gaeltacht while it remained strong. <...> In this sense, most Gaeltacht autobiographies and old-timers <...>