The Kiltartan Poetry Book

The Kiltartan Poetry Book

Lady Gregory

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Double9 Books LLP
Año de edición:
2025
Materia
Poesía
ISBN:
9789376801282
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Prose translations from the Irish gathers traditional poetic voices that speak through everyday emotions and cultural memory, transforming oral heritage into accessible prose while maintaining the resonance of its original rhythms. The collection highlights expressions of longing, loyalty, courage, and sorrow, allowing readers to sense how personal feeling intertwines with collective history. Through retellings shaped by lyrical sensitivity, the work preserves echoes of ancestral stories that reflect on identity, community, and the enduring pull of homeland. Love is presented with equal measures of tenderness and resilience, while grief becomes a form of remembrance that deepens connection to land and lineage. Acts of bravery and sacrifice emerge not as distant tales but as reminders of the inner strength found in ordinary lives. Folklore threads through the translations, grounding expressive language in mythic roots that continue to influence cultural imagination. The collection suggests that tradition remains alive when feelings are shared, retold, and carried forward across time.

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