Cuchulain Of Muirthemne (eBook, ePUB) - Gregory, Lady
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This composition is part of Lady Gregory’s work in the Cuchulain cycle. Cuchulain was a powerful Irish warrior, “the Tracker of Ulster”, the hero of the “red branch”, and is the subject of numerous stories set in the pre-Christian Ireland. In this saga mythological and supernatural elements are interwoven; there are Sidhe (fairies), Celtic gods and goddesses, in particular Morrigu, the goddess of war. The saga is rich in episodes that could be echoes of ancient myths, for example the history of the two shape-shifting pheromones. There are sections of great poetry inserted in the text, in particular the lament of emer on the death of Cuchulain.…mehr

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This composition is part of Lady Gregory’s work in the Cuchulain cycle. Cuchulain was a powerful Irish warrior, “the Tracker of Ulster”, the hero of the “red branch”, and is the subject of numerous stories set in the pre-Christian Ireland. In this saga mythological and supernatural elements are interwoven; there are Sidhe (fairies), Celtic gods and goddesses, in particular Morrigu, the goddess of war. The saga is rich in episodes that could be echoes of ancient myths, for example the history of the two shape-shifting pheromones. There are sections of great poetry inserted in the text, in particular the lament of emer on the death of Cuchulain.
Autorenporträt
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory, was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist, and stage manager. She co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre with William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, and she authored several short plays for each. Lady Gregory wrote several novels repeating stories from Irish mythology. She rebelled against British rule despite being born into a class that strongly supported it. Her conversion to cultural nationalism, as indicated by her works, was representative of many of the political fights that occurred in Ireland during her lifetime. Lady Gregory is well noted for her role in the Irish Literary Revival. Her home in Coole Park, County Galway, served as a gathering spot for key Revival leaders, and her early work on the Abbey's board was at least as crucial to the theatre's development as her creative writings. Lady Gregory's motto comes from Aristotle: "To think like a wise man, but to express oneself like the common people." Gregory was born in Roxborough, County Galway, as the youngest daughter of the Anglo-Irish gentry family Persse.