{"product_id":"fionn-mac-cumhail-celtic-myth-in-english-literature-paperback","title":"Fionn Mac Cumhail: Celtic Myth in English Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames MacKillop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gaelic hero Fionn mac Cumhaill (often known in English as Finn MacCool) has had a long life. First cited in Old Irish chronicles from the early Christian era, he became the central hero of the Fenian Cycle which flourished in the high Middle Ages. Stories about Fionn and his warriors continue to be told by storytellers in Ireland and in Gaelic Scotland to this day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book traces the development of Fionn's persona in Irish and Scottish texts and constructs a heroic biography of him. As aspects of the hero are borrowed into English and later world literature, his personality undergoes several changes. Seen as less than admirable, he may become either a buffoon or a blackguard. Somehow these contradictions exist side by side. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the writers in English most interested in Fionn are James Macpherson, the \"translator\" of \u003ci\u003eThe Poems of Ossian\u003c\/i\u003e ( 17601, William Carleton, the first great fiction writer of nineteenth-century Ireland, and Fiann O'Brien, the multifaceted author of \u003ci\u003eAt Swim-Two-Birds.\u003c\/i\u003e Aspects of Fiann appear as far apart as Mendelssohn's \"Hebrides (or Fingal 's Cave) Overture\" and a contemporary rock opera. But the most complex use of Fionn's story in modern\u003cbr\u003eliterature is James Joyce's \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames MacKillop\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at Onondaga Community College, Syracuse and has been a visiting fellow in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. He is a film and drama critic, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Words and The Copy Book, a\u003c\/i\u003end editor of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Irish Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9.52 x 5.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1985\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757813563680,"sku":"9780815623533","price":27.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4bbd53609b18d3ef30a5774da3ae88ac.webp?v=1780112343","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fionn-mac-cumhail-celtic-myth-in-english-literature-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}