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Cinderbiter : Celtic poems / versions by Martin Shaw & Tony Hoagland.

Van Pelt Library PR6069.H382 C56 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Shaw, Martin, 1971- author.
Hoagland, Tony, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Celtic poetry--Adaptations.
Celtic poetry.
English poetry--Celtic influences.
English poetry.
Genre:
Adaptations.
Poetry.
Physical Description:
viii, 140 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2020]
Summary:
Cinderbiter collects work originally composed and performed centuries ago in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, before notions of authorship were distinguishable from the oral traditions of myth and storytelling. Now, celebrated mythologist and storyteller Martin Shaw and award-winning poet Tony Hoagland have created dynamic, lyrically gorgeous versions of poems and stories from this Celtic tradition. In riveting shaggy narratives of fiends, fire, heroes, and heroines, in mysterious origin stories of Arthur and Merlin, and in haunting lyrics of elegy, praise, and heartbreak, these poems retain the rapturous supernatural imagination of the deep past, layered with the joy and sorrow of prayer and song. Shaw and Hoagland's collaboration revives a storehouse of Celtic culture, extending the life of this vital literature. Cinderbiter will plunge you deep into the romance of language and legend from which you'll emerge refreshed by contact with a wild, old imagination.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Cinderbiter
Deirdre Remembers a Scottish Glen
The Mansion of the Woods
The Wild Man and the Monastery
Bard-Come-a-Fire
The Ruins of Timoleague Abbey
Hut Talk
The Stars
The Girls of Llanbadorn
Snow
A Word to the Men
Lament for the Four MacDonalds
Fionn's Migrations
Lament for Reilly
The Turn in the Road
The Black-Haired Lad
Arran
Blodeuedd of the Owl-Face
The Yarrow Charm
Crooked Stick
Midhir's Invitation to the Fair Land
Wise Morning
The Horned Women
The Owl-Court of IforHael
Who Will Buy a Poem?
The Hermit's Hut
The End of Things
Praise to Arthur's Hidden Men.
ISBN:
9781644450277
1644450275
OCLC:
1119761811

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