Analysis: Satire had an important social function in medieval Ireland and poet Conchobhar Ruadh Mac Con Midhe knew how to use it Gaelic Ireland in the late medieval period was ruled by a number of ...

Time Mechanics," builds on recent scholarship on contemporary poetry in relation to medieval literature, focusing on postmodern poets who work with the medieval in a variety of ways. Such recent ...

University researchers have been awarded a grant of almost £900,000 to produce a new edition of the works of a medieval "giant" of Welsh poetry. The grant, to the University of Wales' Centre for ...

POET, MYSTIC, WIDOW, WIFE: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women, by Hetta Howes “Do you not realize that Eve is you?” That scathing question was uttered by Tertullian, an early Christian ...

“Most medieval poetry, song and storytelling has been lost," said Wade. “Manuscripts often preserve relics of high art. This is something else. It’s mad and offensive, but just as valuabl ...

Iran has been the land of literature for centuries. Saadi Shirazi is one of the Iranian poets with international fame. His poetry has become popular throughout the world. Being one of the most ...

It was through the mystical medieval poets Rumi as well as Hafez that he started to reconnect with his cultural heritage. He found meaning and power in those works, and following deep study ...

For about a century, this iconic status protected the medieval poet from being publicly impugned. When scholars did speak, they would gentlemanly gloss over the accusation as an “experience,” ...