Literary Criticism English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
The Blue Mountains and Other Gaelic Stories from Cape Breton
Na Beanntaichean Gorma agus Sgeulachdan Eile à Ceap Breatainn
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2007
- Category
- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773578319
- Publish Date
- May 2007
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
Shaw provides both the Gaelic texts and English translations. When possible, he identifies both the original Gaelic storyteller and the local reciters. Reciters in the collection include Joe Neil MacNeil, a major Canadian storyteller, as well as others whose stories have never before been published. The Blue Mountains and Other Gaelic Stories from Cape Breton showcases a unique and neglected storytelling tradition.
About the author
John Shaw is the editor and translator of Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller and Brigh an Òrain: A Story in Every Song. He is senior lecturer in ethnology at the University of Edinburgh.