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Voyage of Saint Brendan: Representative Versions of the Legend in English Translation, With Indexes of Themes and Motifs from the Stories

Glyn S. Burgess

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In recent years Brendan's voyage has become increasingly popular as a topic of interest, not only in medieval studies, but also within the history of travel literature in general. One of the legend's charms is that it can be read in a number of ways: as a thinly disguised account of Irish travels and discoveries in the Atlantic, as a seafaring story in the fashion of the Irish immrama , or as an allegorical tale of Man's journey through life. It also has links with the monastic culture of its day, and contains echoes of the Odyssey and the Aeneid, Sinbad the Sailor and the quest for the Holy Grail.

Barron and Burgess's volume collects the most important versions of the voyage from a wide variety of cultures, and presents them in modern English translations together with a general introduction to Brendan, explanatory commentaries and an extensive bibliography. This new paperback edition also includes a comprehensive index of story-elements specially devised with the Brendan student in mind to allow easy comparison of the different versions.

Language: English

Pages: 416

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Release: May 05, 2005

ISBN: 0859897559

ISBN 13: 9780859897556

Voyage of Saint Brendan: Representative Versions of the Legend in English Translation, With Indexes of Themes and Motifs from the Stories

Glyn S. Burgess

4.1/5 ( ratings)

In recent years Brendan's voyage has become increasingly popular as a topic of interest, not only in medieval studies, but also within the history of travel literature in general. One of the legend's charms is that it can be read in a number of ways: as a thinly disguised account of Irish travels and discoveries in the Atlantic, as a seafaring story in the fashion of the Irish immrama , or as an allegorical tale of Man's journey through life. It also has links with the monastic culture of its day, and contains echoes of the Odyssey and the Aeneid, Sinbad the Sailor and the quest for the Holy Grail.

Barron and Burgess's volume collects the most important versions of the voyage from a wide variety of cultures, and presents them in modern English translations together with a general introduction to Brendan, explanatory commentaries and an extensive bibliography. This new paperback edition also includes a comprehensive index of story-elements specially devised with the Brendan student in mind to allow easy comparison of the different versions.

Language: English

Pages: 416

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Release: May 05, 2005

ISBN: 0859897559

ISBN 13: 9780859897556

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