Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Houghton Library, Harvard University

Autor*innen

• Cornelius Buttimer

Parameter

• 490 Seiten
• 18 Lesestunden

• Historisches Thema
• Kultur und Gesellschaft

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Harvard University houses the largest collection of Irish-language codices in North America at Houghton Library, its rare book repository. These manuscripts are part of the rich heritage of Irish book production, dating back to the early Middle Ages. The handwritten works include versions of medieval poetry and sagas, primarily recopied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when most of the library's documents were created. The collection also features contemporary writings from that period and works by the post-Famine Irish immigrant community in the United States. This catalogue provides a comprehensive description of the collection for the first time, serving as a vital resource for research on Irish and Irish American cultural and literary contributions. The author's introduction delves into the formation of the collection, highlighting an important chapter in America's intellectual history. This period marked a significant expansion in Harvard's scholarship and teaching, as the institution began to embrace a broader range of European languages and literatures. This guide to a major repository's records of the Irish past and America's Irish diaspora will interest specialists in early and post-medieval codices, as well as scholars and students of comparative literature, cultural studies, and Irish and Irish American history.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Einband: Hardcover