Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala
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Crossing easily the borders between the mythic and the everyday, writing familiarly of the gods of classical times or ancient Ireland and the househol
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d gods of our own age, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill reminds us that the power of myth lies in local and personal resurrections, such as the imaginary opening of her own great-grandmother’s tomb, but also, more sinisterly, as modern-day reenactments of Queen Medbh’s bloody cattle raids in sectarian reprisals. In Irish and English; translated by Medbh McGuckian and Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.
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POETRY (POETIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)
Reading Moods
Epic & Grand
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Wake Forest University Press
Month-Year
Apr, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780916390938
ISBN-10: 0916390934
Language
English
No. of Pages
127
Format
Paperback
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