Download or read book Traditional Irish Literature and Its Backgrounds: a Brief Introduction written by George Brandon Saul and published by Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an analysis of the mythical and historical foundations of Irish literature, followed by a survey of that literature that takes in medieval manuscripts, classifications of the poets and musicians, story lists, visions, voyages, lric verse, and the major story cycles.