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The Táin Bó Cuailnge, center-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's greatest epic. Thomas Kinsella's lively translation is based on the partial texts in two medieval manuscripts, with elements from other versions. This edition includes a group of related stories which prepare for the action of the Táin along with brush drawings by Louis le Brocquy.
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Thomas Kinsella is a poet and translator. Among his publications are Blood and Family and From Centre City.
Thomas Kinsella is a poet and translator. Among his publications are Blood and Family and From Centre City.
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- PublisherColin Smythe Ltd
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0851053807
- ISBN 13 9780851053806
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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ISBN 13: 9780851053806
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. From a private collection - with dust jacket - spine ends just a touch pressed, slightest wear to upper edge of DJ, and faintest few spots of foxing to upper edge of page block, otherwise no marks or damage - VG++/VG+. "This library edition reproduces, with some revisions, all one hundred and thirty drawings of the first limited edition which is now difficult to obtain. The format is slightly reduced from the original but preserves, in proportion, the arrangement and design of that edition, including the facsimilie and maps. Seller Inventory # DD601
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