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Boyle, Elizabeth (2021) The poetics of irony in Middle Irish literature. North American Journal of Celtic Studies, 5 (2). pp. 194-213. ISSN 2472-7482
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Abstract
This article seeks to establish a poetics of irony in Early Middle Irish
literature centring on anticlerical irreverence, misogyny, and ethnic stereotyping.
Using a cluster of tenth-century narratives in the Book of Leinster, this study reads
within and between texts to attempt to delineate conventions of genre and style
which can be used to make the case for ironic readings of these and other texts. It
is tentatively suggested that such anecdote-length humorous texts may have been
used for pedagogical purposes, and the relationship between anticlerical texts and
those which critique poets is briefly explored.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Book of Leinster; humour; irony; Middle Irish; narrative; satire; tenth century; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of Celtic Studies > Early Irish (Sean Ghaeilge) |
| Item ID: | 19969 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1353/cel.2021.0013 |
| Depositing User: | Elizabeth Boyle |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2025 14:32 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | North American Journal of Celtic Studies |
| Publisher: | The Ohio State University Press |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19969 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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