Gaelic Literature Surveyed

New York: Irish Book Shop, 1929 Hard Cover. 8vo. 390pp. Condition: About Very Good, with some wear to the edges of the covers, and some marks to the boards. ** Survey of Irish literature, starting with a description of the origins of the language and including chapters: "Old and Middle Irish Literature", "The Fenian Cycle", "Bardic Poetry", "Other Syllabic Poetry", "Early Modern Prose", "The Seventeenth Century", "Writers of the Penal Age", "Scots Gaelic and Manx Literature", and "A Century of Revival". Harold Saunders Blackham (1891 - 1951) was born in London to an English mother and an Ulster Ptorestant father. He became interested in the Irish language and the Irish nationalist movement, and took the Irish name Aodh Sandrach de Blácam. He became involved in the Gaelic League, which worked to promote the Irish language in Ireland and worldwide. . Hard Cover. Very Good.