{"product_id":"9780141398853","title":"A Celtic Miscellany : Selected and Translated by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jackson, Kenneth\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCeltic religion \u0026amp; mythology\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 29 January 2015 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 131 x 18 | 258g\u003cp\u003eIncluding works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this Celtic Miscellany offers a rich blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a unique insight into the minds and literature of the Celtic people. It  is a literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edominated by a deep sense of wonder, wild inventiveness and a profound sense of the uncanny, in which the natural world and the power of the individual spirit are celebrated with astonishing imaginative force. Skifully arranged by theme, from the hero-tales of Cú Chulainn, Bardic poetry and elegies, to the sensitive and intimate writings of early Celtic Christianity, this  anthology provides a fascinating insight into a deeply creative literary tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKenneth Hurlstone Jackson was born in 1909. He began his career as a lecturer in Celtic at Cambridge, before becoming the first chair of the Department of Celtic Language and Literature at Harvard. He undertook war service with the Uncommon Languages section of British censorship and subsequently held professorships at Harvard and Edinburgh. Professor Jackson died in 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackson, Kenneth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53524619559096,"sku":"9780141398853","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780141398853.jpg?v=1780059424","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780141398853","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}