Cànan & CultarWilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 - 294 pages This volume is a collection of proceedings from the third Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference held in Edinburgh in July 2004. The book includes papers on Scottish Gaelic history, language, literature, and culture from early Christian times to the present. In addition to Scotland, there is material relating to Ireland, Scandinavia, England, and Canada. Where papers are written in Gaelic, a detailed synopsis in English is included. |
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Page 57
... father's lament reaches a fever pitch towards the end of the poem , where he lapses into desperate blasphemy : As prap ruguis é úan an mac tugais a Dhé dhún ón ló teasda an té fá a ttám , do shlán , a Dhé , feasda fúm . ( Quickly you ...
... father's lament reaches a fever pitch towards the end of the poem , where he lapses into desperate blasphemy : As prap ruguis é úan an mac tugais a Dhé dhún ón ló teasda an té fá a ttám , do shlán , a Dhé , feasda fúm . ( Quickly you ...
Page 222
... father of the deceased . ' Little , little did he think , ' he said , ' that she would be the last to dance at poor Rory's lykewake ' ( Miller , 1869 , pp . 169–73 ) . The concluding note of irony refers to the conventions of this ...
... father of the deceased . ' Little , little did he think , ' he said , ' that she would be the last to dance at poor Rory's lykewake ' ( Miller , 1869 , pp . 169–73 ) . The concluding note of irony refers to the conventions of this ...
Page 242
... father did this and his father knew why ' . This is interesting both for the timing , sunrise on the first of May , and for the year , which shows that we are dealing with sacrifice as historical fact . This was a society which enjoyed ...
... father did this and his father knew why ' . This is interesting both for the timing , sunrise on the first of May , and for the year , which shows that we are dealing with sacrifice as historical fact . This was a society which enjoyed ...
Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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