Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel: Kingship and Narrative Artistry in a Mediaeval Irish Saga

By Ralph O'Connor

This book explores the strange world of Irish sagas. It offers a systematic literary analysis of any single native Irish saga and presents an analysis of the finest of the sagas, 'The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel'. The reader is invited to not only understand this and other Irish sagas, but also to enjoy them as literature.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019966613X
• ISBN13: 9780199666133
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"