A history of verse translation from the Irish, 1789-1897 / Robert Welch
1988, 1st edition. Gerrards Cross, Bucks. Totowa, N.J. : C. Smythe ; Barnes and Noble Books. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #323958
ISBN: 0389207896
Physical description: xi, 200 pages; 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Translation and Irish poetry in English -- The historical and literary background to the translation of Irish poetry -- Joseph Cooper Walker and Charlotte Brooke -- The beginnings of an Irish tradition in English -- Some Cork translators -- James Hardiman and his translators -- Two Northern translators: Matthew Moore Graham and Samuel Ferguson -- James Clarence Mangan -- Edward Walsh -- The 1850s: W.H. Drummond, S.H. O'Grady, Sigerson -- Douglas Hyde -- George Sigerson's Bards of the Gael and Gall. Subjects: Irish poetry; Translations into English History and criticism. Translating and interpreting Ireland History. Civilization, Celtic, in literature. Language and culture Ireland. Civilization, Celtic, in literature. Irish poetry. Genre: Bibliography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Price: €48.00