Myrick, Leslie Diane: From the De excidio Troiae historia to the Togail Troí

Literary-Cultural Synthesis in a Medieval Irish Adaptation of Dares' Troy Tale. This study focuses on texts which fall into the margin between native Irish and Classical lore, which were not merely translations across languages, but across cultures. The author shows that the (monkish) redactors have artfully combined three literary-cultural strata, and argues that they have applied a layering of elements from native Irish saga onto the substratum of Greco-Roman epic, with a final overlay of medieval Christian socio-religious influence. 213 Seiten, broschiert (Anglistische Forschungen; Heft 223/Universitätsverlag C. Winter 1993) leicht angeschmutzt und berieben