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Literary Criticism English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

The Blue Mountains and Other Gaelic Stories from Cape Breton

Na Beanntaichean Gorma agus Sgeulachdan Eile à Ceap Breatainn

by (author) John Shaw

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
May 2007
Category
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773578319
    Publish Date
    May 2007
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

Shaw provides both the Gaelic texts and English translations. When possible, he identifies both the original Gaelic storyteller and the local reciters. Reciters in the collection include Joe Neil MacNeil, a major Canadian storyteller, as well as others whose stories have never before been published. The Blue Mountains and Other Gaelic Stories from Cape Breton showcases a unique and neglected storytelling tradition.

About the author

John Shaw is the editor and translator of Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller and Brigh an Òrain: A Story in Every Song. He is senior lecturer in ethnology at the University of Edinburgh.

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