Patricia Ronan:
A Short Introduction to Early Irish Literature

Keltologische Einführungen und Studien, Band I

viii + 163 S.

ISBN: 978-3-942002-51-6 (print)
ISSN: 2749-7364

About the book

This introduction to Early Irish literature is intended for students who are beginning their studies of Early Irish Literature, or of Celtic literatures and/or languages in general. It would also like to address itself to scholars of other (literary) disciplines who would like to gain a basic familiarity with the literature of early Ireland, as well as to the general interested reader. Therefore, no initial familiarity either with Ireland or with its literary heritage is expected. This textbook intends to offer a first overview of a number of basic topics in early Irish literature and can be used as an initial companion to primary reading, such as for example texts found in edited volumes of early Irish tales, or on freely accessible websites.

About the author

Patricia Ronan obtained a PhD at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, where she studied under the supervision of Kim McCone. She has taught courses in Linguistics and in Celtic Studies at the universities of Maynooth, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Bonn, St Gall, Uppsala, Lausanne and Dortmund. She has published widely in the areas of English linguistics and of Celtic Studies, with a focus on Old Irish, as well as on topics of language contacts and language acquisition. She currently holds a Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Dortmund.