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... literature of both the manuscript and the oral tradition of Ireland is anonymous , in contradistinction to much of the poetry of the bardic schools and the songs of the later Irish peasant - poets . While marginalia and colophons have ...
... literature of both the manuscript and the oral tradition of Ireland is anonymous , in contradistinction to much of the poetry of the bardic schools and the songs of the later Irish peasant - poets . While marginalia and colophons have ...
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... literature unrivalled in western Europe . Kuno Meyer , in a memorable phrase , has called the written literature of medieval Ireland , ' the earliest voice from the dawn of West European civilization ' . In the unwritten literature and ...
... literature unrivalled in western Europe . Kuno Meyer , in a memorable phrase , has called the written literature of medieval Ireland , ' the earliest voice from the dawn of West European civilization ' . In the unwritten literature and ...
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... literature should go in future the examination of the material from a comparative standpoint . Irish literature , both written and oral , must be studied as a continuous whole . Both oral tradition and written literature have exercised ...
... literature should go in future the examination of the material from a comparative standpoint . Irish literature , both written and oral , must be studied as a continuous whole . Both oral tradition and written literature have exercised ...
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LIST OF FELLOWS | 9 |
CORRESPONDING FELLOWS 1945 | 14 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir John Clapham | 14 |
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