{"product_id":"coire-sois-the-cauldron-of-tom-s-cathasaigh-9780268037369","title":"Coire Sois, The Cauldron of Knowledge: A Companion to Early Irish Saga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoire Sois, The Cauldron of Knowledge: A Companion to Early Irish Saga\u003c\/i\u003e offers thirty-one previously published essays by Tom疽 ﾓ Cathasaigh, which together constitute a magisterial survey of early Irish narrative literature in the vernacular.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eﾓ Cathasaigh has been called \"the father of early Irish literary criticism,\" with writings among the most influential in the field. He pioneered the analysis of the classic early Irish tales as literary texts, a breakthrough at a time when they were valued mainly as repositories of grammatical forms, historical data, and mythological debris. All four of the Mythological, Ulster, King, and Finn Cycles are represented here in readings of richness, complexity, and sophistication, supported by absolute philological rigor and yet easy for the non-specialist to follow. The book covers key terms, important characters, recurring themes, rhetorical strategies, and the narrative logic of this literature. It also surveys the work of the many others whose explorations were launched by ﾓ Cathasaigh's first encounters with the literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the most authoritative single volume on the essential texts and themes of early Irish saga, this collection will be an indispensable resource for established scholars, and an ideal introduction for newcomers to one of the richest and most under-studied literatures of medieval Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom疽 ﾓ. Cathasaigh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268037361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268037369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.40d","brand":"Tom疽 ﾓ. Cathasaigh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756442251519,"sku":"9780268037369","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd14d26c-ad2b-445a-8b23-aef1fce5ceb6.jpg?v=1706593001","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coire-sois-the-cauldron-of-tom-s-cathasaigh-9780268037369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}