
The Literature of the Celts
by Magnus Maclean
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About this eBook
- Author
- Maclean, Magnus, 1857-1937
- Title
- The literature of the Celts
- Original Publication
- London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1926.
- Credits
- Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PB: Language and Literatures: General works
- Subject
- Ireland -- In literature
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 76961
- Release Date
- September 30, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE LITERATURE OF THE CELTS
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.CHAPTER I THE ARRIVAL OF THE CELT IN HISTORY AND LITERATURE
- 5.CHAPTER II ST. PATRICK, THE PIONEER OF CELTIC WRITERS
- 6.CHAPTER III ST. COLUMBA AND THE DAWN OF LETTERS IN SCOTLAND
- 7.CHAPTER IV ADAMNAN’S “VITA COLUMBÆ”
- 8.CHAPTER V THE BOOK OF DEER
- 9.CHAPTER VI THE MS. LEGACY OF THE PAST
- 10.CHAPTER VII THE SCOTTISH COLLECTION OF CELTIC MSS.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII THE MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE
- 12.CHAPTER IX THE HEROIC CYCLE
- 13.CHAPTER X THE OSSIANIC CYCLE
- 14.CHAPTER XI THE INFLUENCE OF THE NORSE INVASIONS ON GAELIC LITERATURE
- 15.CHAPTER XII THE FOUR ANCIENT BOOKS OF WALES
- 16.CHAPTER XIII CELTIC LITERARY REVIVALS
- 17.CHAPTER XIV HIGHLAND BARDS BEFORE THE FORTY-FIVE
- 18.CHAPTER XV THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHURCH ON GAELIC LITERATURE
- 19.CHAPTER XVI THE INFLUENCE OF CELTIC, ON ENGLISH LITERATURE
- 20.CHAPTER XVII THE PRINTED LITERATURE OF THE SCOTTISH GAEL
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII THE MASTER GLEANERS OF GAELIC POETRY
- 22.CHAPTER XIX THE MASTER SCHOLARS OF CELTIC LITERATURE
- 23.INDEX OF NAMES
- 24.INDEX OF SUBJECTS
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