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Leabhar Mor na Gaidhlig/ The Great Book of Gaelicbrings together more than 150 poets, visual artists, calligraphers and typographers from Ireland and Scotland. New poetry and visual artwork was commissioned to form the 'Great Book' - a single bound volume, which is a major contemporary artwork in the form of visual anthology. The hundred Gaelic poems that make up the Leabhar Morwere selected by thirty leading Gaelic poets from both countries who nominated one of their own works plus another seventy from the canon of Gaelic poetry. The selection features work from every century between the sixth and twenty-first, and includes the earliest Gaelic poetry in existence. Comedy, tragedy, love, death, the spiritual and the bawdy are all represented. Through The Great Book of Gaelic, the Gaelic community has created another great work of art that renews the connection between Gaelic Scotland and Ireland and celebrates the diverse strands of contemporary Celtic culture.Product Identifiers
PublisherCanongate Books
ISBN-101841952494
ISBN-139781841952499
eBay Product ID (ePID)30433491
Product Key Features
Publication Year2003
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish, Gaelic, Irish
IllustratorYes
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight58.5 Oz
Item Length10.8 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsTheir richness, intelligence, and their extraordinary unity of purpose makes the collection something of enormous importance in our culture. This is not merely an anthology, nor yet a book of illustrations. It is a work of symbiosis, where each set of talents is deployed uniquely to complement the other.
Publication Date2003-04-21
Lccn2002-489893
Dewey Decimal891.621008
Edited byMalcolm Maclean, Theo Dorgan
Lc Classification NumberPb1359