Nagy

2019 · Best.-Nr. 2354639 — Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press 2019. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x0x9. Ink and pencil marginalia pencil note on rear endpaper otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square. 2019 Hard Cover. 212 pp. The literary historical and linguistic confluence that characterized the Irish Sea region in the pre-modern period is reflected in the interdisciplinarity of these new research essays centered on the literatures languages and histories of the Irish-Sea communities of the Middle Ages much of which is still evoked in contemporary culture. The contributors to this collection dive deep into the rich historical record heroic literature and story lore of the medieval communities ringing the Irish Sea with case studies that encompass Manx Irish Scandinavian Welsh and English traditions. Manannan the famous travelling Celtic divinity who supposedly claimed the Isle of Man as his home mingles here with his mythical legendary and historical neighbors whose impact on our image and understanding of the pre-modern cultures of the Northern Atlantic has persisted down through the centuries. Amsterdam University Press hardcover