Stifter, David
(2006)
Brendaniana, etc.
Keltische Forschungen, 1.
pp. 189-212.
Abstract
Renewed interest in the early medieval Latin tale about St. Brendan the seafarer, Nauigatio St. Brendani Abbatis (NSB), composed probably around 800 in
the Franconian empire, has led to the publication of a number of general and
specialised studies on this subject in the past years. Interest in NSB goes far
beyond the small circles of Latin and Irish medievalists. The modern success
of the tale may lie in its interweaving of a straightforwardly told, but immediately appealing narrative about the search for an ungraspable looking goal that
is nevertheless attained by determination and belief, of adventurous episodes
that nourish the readers imagination, and of a subtext that combines elements
of a quite remarkably broad range of literary traditions with a monastic reform programme. Still, a publicly available new complete edition of the tale
that would supplant Carl Selmer’s unsatisfactory text of 1959 is still wanting,
even though two editions, one by Giovanni Orlandi, the other by Michaela and
Klaus Zelzer, have been in preparation for many years and have indeed been
accessible at least to a small circle of scholars. In this article I want to make
notice of, review and comment upon a few recent contributions, books and
articles (I., II., V., VI.), besides adding a few bits of ideas concerning Brenda‑
niana myself (III., IV., VII.).
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Brendaniana; etc; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > School of Celtic Studies > Early Irish (Sean Ghaeilge) |
| Item ID: |
13014 |
| Depositing User: |
Prof. David Stifter
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| Date Deposited: |
04 Jun 2020 10:26 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Keltische Forschungen |
| Publisher: |
Brennos - Austrian Society for Celtic Studies |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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