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Whitley Stokes (1830–1909)

Whitley Stokes (1830–1909)

The lost Celtic notebooks rediscovered

Dáibhí Ó Cróinín

Whitley Stokes was described as ‘the greatest of living Celtic philologists’. After legal studies he practised as an equity draughtsman and conveyancer and duri…
British books in biblical style

British books in biblical style

Early Alfredian and after the conquest

David Howlett

The author defines rules for composing literary texts exhibited in the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament, reproduced in the Vulgate Latin Bible, …
Cambro-Latin compositions

Cambro-Latin compositions

Their competence and craftmanship

David Howlett

Howlett charts a tradition of thought and composition from the fifth century to the thirteenth, from the Romano-British writers Pelagius, St Patrick, and Faustu…
Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, vol. I

Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, vol. I

The Ogham inscriptions of Ireland and Britain

R.A.S. Macalister

The earliest writing in Ireland is in the form of ogham inscriptions, carved along the edges of numerous stones found throughout the country, with a strong conc…
Essays on the early Irish king tales

Essays on the early Irish king tales

Dan M. Wiley, editor

This volume presents a new introduction to the early Irish king-tales together with ten original essays on selected topics and suggestions for future research.
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Heroic poets and poetic heroes in Celtic tradition

Heroic poets and poetic heroes in Celtic tradition

CSANA Yearbook 3–4

Joseph F. Nagy & Leslie Ellen Jones, editors

The volume, containing articles from some of the leading scholars in Irish, Welsh, and medieval studies, honours Patrick K. Ford the retired Margaret Brooks Rob…
King of mysteries

King of mysteries

Early Irish religious writings

John Carey

This book presents a collection of texts, translated from both Latin and Irish, which provide a many-faceted view of the religious culture of Ireland in the ear…
Law, literature and society

Law, literature and society

CSANA yearbook 7

Joseph F. Eska, editor

The intimate relationship of the study of law and the study of literature has never been clearer in Celtic studies. They help to elucidate each other, as well a…
Memory and the modern in Celtic literatures
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Memory and the modern in Celtic literatures

CSANA yearbook 5

Joseph Falaky Nagy, editor

Each issue of the Yearbook has its own theme, includes an editor's introduction and index, and features cutting-edge, peer-reviewed articles, often based on pap…
Myth in Celtic literature
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Myth in Celtic literature

CSANA yearbook 6

Joseph F. Nagy

The pursuit of ‘myth’ has long been an important part of Celtic studies. Are there, in fact, waifs and strays of ancient mythology preserved in medieval Celtic …