Overview

The literatures of medieval Wales and Ireland are among the richest vernacular traditions of medieval Europe. From a large corpus of poetry and prose, key texts such as the Welsh Mabinogion, the Irish sagas, Celtic Latin literature, chronicles, saints' lives and court poetry have established their place within the written legacy of medieval Europe. This collection of original essays by leading Celtic scholars, writing in honour of Catherine McKenna, Professor of Celtic at Harvard University, goes beyond the familiar canon of medieval Celtic literatures to showcase a wide range of Welsh and Irish texts that are compelling in their literary imagination and technical innovation.

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""Written by distinguished scholars in the field of Celtic Studies, this volume's insightful and original chapters celebrate the import of Catherine McKenna's wide-ranging scholarly interests on the subject and open new perspectives on medieval Welsh and Irish literatures, on Latin in Celtic contexts, and on traditions associated with saints and goddesses.""-- ""Erich Poppe, former professor of Celtic Studies, Marburg University""

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Helen Fulton is chair and professor of Medieval literature at the University of Bristol. She has published widely on medieval Welsh and English literature and is the coeditor of The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature. Georgia Henley is an associate professor of English at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. She is the author of Reimagining the Past in the Borderlands of Medieval England and Wales.

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