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- The Midnight Court / Cúirt an Mheán Oíche: A Critical Edition
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Syracuse University Press
- Series: Irish Studies
summary
Banned and beloved in equal measure, The Midnight Court is a canonical eighteenth-century text widely considered to be one of the greatest comic Irish poems. Despite its simple storyline, Merriman’s poem addresses a wide range of themes from its satirical treatment of sexuality to its biting social commentary. This volume, the first critical edition, offers readers a fluid translation and five essays that contextualize the poem, making it an ideal text for any student of the poem and eighteenth-century Irish literature.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. xiii-xxvi
- Part One
- The Midnight Court
- pp. 3-44
- Part Two
- Cúirt an Mheán Oíche
- pp. 47-58
- Courting an Elusive Masterwork
- pp. 70-77
- Partial Publication and Production History
- pp. 107-122
- Additional Reading
- pp. 123-132
- References
- pp. 133-138
- Biographical Notes
- pp. 139-144
Additional Information
ISBN
9780815650560
Related ISBN(s)
9780815632603
MARC Record
OCLC
835768150
Pages
168
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No