Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior: An Anthology of Irish Poetry from Medieval to Modern
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Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior: An Anthology of Irish Poetry from Medieval to Modern is the most inclusive and comprehensive anthology of Irish-language poetry to date. Impressive in its breadth and scholarly in its depth, this collection casts a wide net, and in tracing Irish history since the sixth century to the present day, it makes evident that so much of the bone and marrow of Irish history and culture is poetry. Across the turbulent and often traumatic centuries, poets witnessed and gave witness to a multiplicity of Irish experiences; the rich and multifaceted tradition they created is both a reckoning with Irish, European, and global realities, and an imaginative response to them.
Capturing the power and beauty of this diverse tradition in a single indispensable volume, Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior reveals poetry’s centrality to Irish history and culture. Meticulously researched by a team of twenty-four renowned international scholars, it features many new translations, introductory essays, and explanatory headnotes. This bilingual anthology should prove of inestimable value to students, academics, educators, and all those interested in Ireland’s ever-evolving poetic traditions and culture, its traumatic past, and turbulent present.
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: In order to avoid international shipping fees, please order the book directly through our international distributor, Eurospan. The book can be ordered on their website by clicking here. Any questions about international availability should be directed to eurospan@turpin-distribution.
Praise for Bone and Marrow
“Once or twice in a generation, a book appears that opens a new way in, a new perspective… Vividly assertive from the first line, full of revelations for even the lifelong reader of poetry in Irish, with brilliant translations and suggestive criticism, it is a monument, and it is alive.”
—Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
“It is impossible to do justice to the grandeur and immensity of this book… Believe me, in possessing this book you will never need another Irish anthology.”
—Thomas McCarthy
“A must for anyone who calls themselves Irish, or who wants to experience what being Irish means. A must anyway!”
—Greg Delanty
“Aistear draíochtúil le hanailís uileghabhálach trí thréimhsí agus trí théacsaí na filíochta Gaeilge. Cnuasach éigeantach é seo do gach duine a bhfuil spéis acu i léann agus i dtraidisiún na Gaeilge agus na hÉireann. Gaol, cultúr, coimhlint agus ceisteanna i bhfostú ina chéile faoi bhrat miotasach, mistéireach na filíochta.”
–Regina Uí Chollatáin
“Historians of Ireland have tended to highlight apparent discontinuities in the country’s history while neglecting cultural continuities. The present ambitious anthology provides a valuable corrective to the historiography by presenting the texts of 180 compositions, dating from the Old Irish period to the 21st century, along with English translations and commentaries by a score of leading scholars. The picture that emerges is a more complex one in which elements of continuity and change are displayed. It will be essential reading for students of Irish culture.”
—Vincent Morley
“This landmark collection of poems, translations, and scholarly notes transforms our understanding of the centuries of upheaval that created modern Ireland.”
—Ian McBride
“This collection is a landmark achievement.”
—Patrick Griffin
“The range of voices is astonishing. An intellectual and sonic feast.”
—Declan Kiberd
Description
Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior: An Anthology of Irish Poetry from Medieval to Modern is the most inclusive and comprehensive anthology of Irish-language poetry to date. Impressive in its breadth and scholarly in its depth, this collection casts a wide net, and in tracing Irish history since the sixth century to the present day, it makes evident that so much of the bone and marrow of Irish history and culture is poetry. Across the turbulent and often traumatic centuries, poets witnessed and gave witness to a multiplicity of Irish experiences; the rich and multifaceted tradition they created is both a reckoning with Irish, European, and global realities, and an imaginative response to them.
Capturing the power and beauty of this diverse tradition in a single indispensable volume, Bone and Marrow/Cnámh agus Smior reveals poetry’s centrality to Irish history and culture. Meticulously researched by a team of twenty-four renowned international scholars, it features many new translations, introductory essays, and explanatory headnotes. This bilingual anthology should prove of inestimable value to students, academics, educators, and all those interested in Ireland’s ever-evolving poetic traditions and culture, its traumatic past, and turbulent present.
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: In order to avoid international shipping fees, please order the book directly through our international distributor, Eurospan. The book can be ordered on their website by clicking here. Any questions about international availability should be directed to eurospan@turpin-distribution.
Praise for Bone and Marrow
“Once or twice in a generation, a book appears that opens a new way in, a new perspective… Vividly assertive from the first line, full of revelations for even the lifelong reader of poetry in Irish, with brilliant translations and suggestive criticism, it is a monument, and it is alive.”
—Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
“It is impossible to do justice to the grandeur and immensity of this book… Believe me, in possessing this book you will never need another Irish anthology.”
—Thomas McCarthy
“A must for anyone who calls themselves Irish, or who wants to experience what being Irish means. A must anyway!”
—Greg Delanty
“Aistear draíochtúil le hanailís uileghabhálach trí thréimhsí agus trí théacsaí na filíochta Gaeilge. Cnuasach éigeantach é seo do gach duine a bhfuil spéis acu i léann agus i dtraidisiún na Gaeilge agus na hÉireann. Gaol, cultúr, coimhlint agus ceisteanna i bhfostú ina chéile faoi bhrat miotasach, mistéireach na filíochta.”
–Regina Uí Chollatáin
“Historians of Ireland have tended to highlight apparent discontinuities in the country’s history while neglecting cultural continuities. The present ambitious anthology provides a valuable corrective to the historiography by presenting the texts of 180 compositions, dating from the Old Irish period to the 21st century, along with English translations and commentaries by a score of leading scholars. The picture that emerges is a more complex one in which elements of continuity and change are displayed. It will be essential reading for students of Irish culture.”
—Vincent Morley
“This landmark collection of poems, translations, and scholarly notes transforms our understanding of the centuries of upheaval that created modern Ireland.”
—Ian McBride
“This collection is a landmark achievement.”
—Patrick Griffin
“The range of voices is astonishing. An intellectual and sonic feast.”
—Declan Kiberd
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