Robin Flower war ein englischer Dichter und Gelehrter, bekannt für seine Expertise in keltischen und angelsächsischen Studien sowie seine Übersetzungen aus dem Irischen. Sein Werk zeichnet sich durch eine tiefe Auseinandersetzung mit alten literarischen Traditionen aus, die er geschickt für zeitgenössische Leser zugänglich macht. In Irland ist er liebevoll unter dem Namen „Bláithín“ bekannt, was „Kleine Blume“ bedeutet. Durch seine Poesie und Übersetzungen erweckt Flower alte Erzählungen und Ideen mit bemerkenswerter Sensibilität und Eleganz zu neuem Leben.
First published in 1947, these celebrated lectures and introductions to the medieval and modern Gaelic-speaking culture form a primary source for generations of scholars and readers, Celticists and medievalists. This edition is accompanied by Professor Delargy's In Memoriam and an updated bibliography of Flower's works.
First published in 1931, Robin Flower’s enchanting lyric poetry combines with his translations from the old, medieval and modern periods of Irish literature.
An increasing amount of work in many aspects of human geography is concerned with the effects caused by different types of institutions. Included in this book, originally published in 1982, is material from Britain, Ameican and Europe and it is shown that differences in institutional powers in these places, especially those vested in the State, relate directly to their own particular urban and environmental policies and problems. Each chapter, written by an expert on this subject, considers key institutions in a number of fields and draws conclusions about how this 'institutionalist' approach can be used by geographers.