By Poetic Authority : The Rhetoric of Panegyric in Gaelic Poetry of Scotland to c.1700

M. Pia. Coira
Bok · Engelsk · 2012 · Electronic books.

Annen tittel	By Poetic Authority
Medvirkende	Coira, M. Pâia. (Author)
Utgitt	Edinburgh : : Dunedin Academic Press, , 2012.
Omfang	1 online resource (466 p.)
Opplysninger	Description based upon print version of record.. - Front cover; Blurb and author biog; Title page; Contents; Preface; Spelling and nomenclature; Index of tables; Abbreviations; Gaelic court poetry in Scotland: historical background; Gaelic court poetry in Scotland: literary background; Mac Domhnaill and Mac Dubhghaill: the descendants of Colla Uais; Caimbéal and Mac Leóid: the descendants of Neimheadh; Other patrons; Other Gaelic patrons, and patrons of Norman descent; From the Dál Riada chiefs to the royal Stiúbhairt; By poetic authority: the language of authority in Scottish Gaelic poetry; Námha an cheird nach taithighthear. - Panegyric code motifs: selected glossaryList of poems by subject, with sources; Bibliography; Index of Poems; General Index. - A survey of medieval and early modern Scottish Gaelic poetry which studies the fixed set of literary conventions by which the court poets gave sanction to their patrons' leadership, an essential task which served to preserve the cohesion of society. This book is the first systematic collection and classification of this rhetoric of leadership.
Emner	Political poetry, Scottish Gaelic - History and criticism Scottish Gaelic literature - History - Social aspects Scottish Gaelic poetry - History and criticism Scottish Gaelic literature -- Social aspects -- History. Vis mer... Celtic Languages & Literatures Languages & Literatures Lyrikk Skotsk-gælisk litteratur
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Dewey	891.631009 . - 891.6309
ISBN	1780460031. - 9781780460031