Blue Mountains and Other Gaelic Stories from Cape Breton Na Beanntaichean Gorma agus Sgeulachdan Eile à Ceap Breatainn
Heftet /
2007
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780773532571
Publisert
2007-05-07
Utgiver
Vendor
McGill-Queen's University Press
Vekt
356 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240
Forfatter
Om bidragsyterne
John Shaw is the editor and translator of Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller and Brigh an Orain: A Story in Every Song. He is senior lecturer in ethnology at the University of Edinburgh."Shaw is the leading expert on Cape Breton Gaelic storytelling. This splendid collection of tales helps maintain a remarkable legacy, bringing on awareness of Cape Breton heritage to a wider public." Diarmuid O Giollain, University College Cork"
Gaelic tales from the best of Cape Breton's storytelling tradition.
Presents thirty Gaelic tales recorded between 1964 and 1984 from the best of Cape Breton's storytelling tradition. This collection includes tales such as "The Dragon Slayer", hero-tales of Finn Mac Cumhail and his warrior band, accounts of the famed carpenter Boban Saor, stories of robbers and thieves, comic tall tales and historical legends.
Les mer
"Shaw is the leading expert on Cape Breton Gaelic storytelling. This splendid collection of tales helps maintain a remarkable legacy, bringing on awareness of Cape Breton heritage to a wider public." Diarmuid O Giollain, University College Cork"
Les mer
Gaelic tales from the best of Cape Breton's storytelling tradition.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780773532571
Publisert
2007-05-07
Utgiver
Vendor
McGill-Queen's University Press
Vekt
356 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240
Forfatter