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The Tain: Overview (opens the original)
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The Táin Bó Cúailnge, or Cattle Raid of Cooley, is the most famous work of ancient Irish literature and our only proper epic for this section of the course. Táin, or tana, is the name of a genre of Irish literature, with “tain” literally meaning the “driving off” or raiding of cattle. Other examples of this genre are the Táin Bó Flidais, “The Cattle Raid of Flidais,” or the Táin Bó Fraích, “The Cattle Raid of Fróech,” but the Táin Bó Cúailnge
The Return of the Männerbund and the Coming Aristocracy (opens the original)
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In this article I’m going to talk about what I think is the most important problem facing young men in the West today. It’s a question I see people returning to again and again, because it sits at the intersection of lifestyle, politics, and identity. It is at the root of the question: how should one live in the modern world? How should one conduct oneself? Is heroism still possible?This question is also, I think, at the heart of the new right. The so-called new right, composed of young, right-l
Section 3: THE IRISH SAGAS (opens the original)
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When compiling the Irish section, the difficulty was not an overwhelming excess of material to sort through, as with the Norse and Arthurian sections, but an unfortunate lack. Aside from the Tain, very little its preserved that falls under the scope of this course—heroic epics and sagas. If it were not for Lady Gregory, we would have almost nothing of the Fenian Cycle other than short lays. However, with the selective use of Lady Gregory’s Finn material and the inclusion of the first two branche
Norse Section: Conclusion (opens the original)
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We now come to the end of the Norse section of the course, having traveled from the Gothic steppe of the migration period to the twilight of the Viking Age. Though Beowulf was the only epic in this section, I like to think that the way I have organized the texts of this section gives us something of a Norse equivalent to the Greco-Roman epic cycle. The classical epic cycle falls into three main movements—the Trojan War, Odysseus’ journey home, and Aeneas’ journey to Italy—while the Norse texts f
Ep. 20: SCYLDING | Beowulf (opens the original)
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In this episode, we discuss the Old English epic, Beowulf, which brings us to the end of the Norse section of this course. Opening narration by . <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="813" src="https://substackcdn.com/im
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