A Celtic Miscellany (Penguin Classics)

✍ Scribed by Jackson, Kenneth (Translator)

• Book ID: 108017748
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 281 KB
• Series: Penguin Classics
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780141935232

✦ Synopsis

Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this Celtic Miscellany offers a rich blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a unique insight into the minds and literature of the Celtic people. It is a literature dominated by a deep sense of wonder, wild inventiveness and a profound sense of the uncanny, in which the natural world and the power of the individual spirit are celebrated with astonishing imaginative force. Skifully arranged by theme, from the hero-tales of C Chulainn, Bardic poetry and elegies, to the sensitive and intimate writings of early Celtic Christianity, this anthology provides a fascinating insight into a deeply creative literary tradition.