The Wandering Celt

"This is a work of scholarship as well as a tour de force in poetic terms. O'Grady moves through the ways and dealings of the Celts from the creation of paper to contemporary Ireland, ending with a "millennium elegy" and touching, in his progress, on Semites, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Caesar, Cicero ... and in the process outlining man's growth and failings in deeply sympathetic terms. As well as a complete new translation of The Song of Songs, O'Grady offers glimpses of Magdalene, Christ and crucifixion, and many writers from Ezra Pound to Denis Devlin and Joseph Brodsky."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved