The article examines riddling as a form of specialized discourse in the circa eleventh-century Irish text Tochmarc Ailbe (“The Wooing of Ailbe”), in which the warrior-hero Finn mac Cumaill tests the suitability of King Cormac Mac Airt’s daughter Ailbe Grúadbrecc as a bride. Ailbe responds admirably to the riddles posed by the aging Finn, displaying her own personal mettle and intellectual acumen by answering him with witty ripostes of her own. The resolution of conflict between the couple is accomplished through this verbal sparring, and ultimately reveals as a major theme of the work the complementarity of the sexes, a dynamic harmony which is achieved through the power of oral discourse. Additionally, the power of the female voice in earl...
In the Middle Ages Ireland's extensive and now famous literature was unknown outside the Gaelic-spea...
abstract: one of the singular marks of the hero in early Irish literature is his ability to perform ...
The history of medieval Irish women is elusive, despite a rich variety of textual sources. These are...
Constructing the Female Subject in Anglo-Norman, Middle English and Medieval Irish Romance Giselle G...
This dissertation examines five extant Middle Irish kingship tales (of Níall Nóigíallach and Lugaid ...
This thesis provides a critical edition of the longest extant version of the medieval Irish text Toc...
This paper will examine evidence for intertextuality and compositional methods in the medieval Irish...
Tochmarc Étaíne “The Wooing of Étaín” is an Irish-language tale that was written in the ninth centur...
This article presents a reassessment of the evidence provided by the extant medieval Irish medical ...
The island of Ireland was never conquered by the Roman Empire and this fact is largely responsible f...
Le but de la plupart des critiques qui ont analysé le recueil Dânta Grâdha (poèmes d'amour), a été d...
Toner Gregory. Borrowings in medieval Irish literature : The case of Tochmarc Emire. In: Etudes Celt...
Abstract: Overview over the early medieval Irish saga literature. Transmission: Oral and literary tr...
Auraicept na nÉces appropriates Latinate grammatical concepts to vernacular language and is the earl...
This paper1 will not tell you much about medieval or modern Irish oral tradition, although there is ...
In the Middle Ages Ireland's extensive and now famous literature was unknown outside the Gaelic-spea...
abstract: one of the singular marks of the hero in early Irish literature is his ability to perform ...
The history of medieval Irish women is elusive, despite a rich variety of textual sources. These are...
Constructing the Female Subject in Anglo-Norman, Middle English and Medieval Irish Romance Giselle G...
This dissertation examines five extant Middle Irish kingship tales (of Níall Nóigíallach and Lugaid ...
This thesis provides a critical edition of the longest extant version of the medieval Irish text Toc...
This paper will examine evidence for intertextuality and compositional methods in the medieval Irish...
Tochmarc Étaíne “The Wooing of Étaín” is an Irish-language tale that was written in the ninth centur...
This article presents a reassessment of the evidence provided by the extant medieval Irish medical ...
The island of Ireland was never conquered by the Roman Empire and this fact is largely responsible f...
Le but de la plupart des critiques qui ont analysé le recueil Dânta Grâdha (poèmes d'amour), a été d...
Toner Gregory. Borrowings in medieval Irish literature : The case of Tochmarc Emire. In: Etudes Celt...
Abstract: Overview over the early medieval Irish saga literature. Transmission: Oral and literary tr...
Auraicept na nÉces appropriates Latinate grammatical concepts to vernacular language and is the earl...
This paper1 will not tell you much about medieval or modern Irish oral tradition, although there is ...
In the Middle Ages Ireland's extensive and now famous literature was unknown outside the Gaelic-spea...
abstract: one of the singular marks of the hero in early Irish literature is his ability to perform ...
The history of medieval Irish women is elusive, despite a rich variety of textual sources. These are...