Celtic Literature
BIBLIOGRAPHER: Lindsey Schell
OTHER SUBJECT RESPONSIBILITIES: English and American Literature, Juvenile Literature, and Gender Studies
ADDRESS: PCL 3.317
PHONE: 495-4119
- I. Purpose:
- To support the study of Celtic literatures as
ancillary to other fields. Celtic literature in the original is offered at the
graduate level. Some master's reports deal with this field, but no doctoral
program is offered. Celtic literature in translation is given at the upper
division level, and occasional senior honors papers are presented. Besides the
relation of Celtic studies to English literature, many other fields touch on it;
for example, history, mythology, religion, church history, art history, and
linguistics (in both theoretical and historical studies).
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- II. General Collections Guidelines:
- A. Languages: Medieval Irish and Welsh are the primary languages
collected (at this period, Irish and Scottish were the same language). Modern
Irish, Scottish and Welsh literature are acquired selectively. Breton, Cornish
and Manx, chiefly of linguistic interest, are acquired selectively. English
translations of important Celtic works are collected at the level of the
original work.
- B. Chronological Guidelines: The Medieval
period is the major period of interest. Literature of the twentieth century
(e.g. diaries, short stories, poetry) is acquired selectively.
- C. Geographical Guidelines: Ireland, Scotland, Wales. Scottish
Gaelic is spoken outside Scotland on Cape Breton Island and in parts of
Newfoundland, and a few Gaelic books and newspapers appear in Canada.
- D. Treatment of Subject: Critical, historical, textual, and
bibliographical studies are acquired at the same level as the literature.
Critical and biographical works on the Gogynfeirdd of Wales and the Bardic poets
of Ireland are of special interest.
- E. Types of Material:
Because the manuscripts in some form are central to the study of Celtic
literature, facsimiles, diplomatic editions, and microforms of them are
acquired.
- F. Date of Publication: Both recent and older
publications are acquired since much of the work of the nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries has not been superseded.
- G. Other General
Considerations: The 6th Floor Stack Enclosure and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
contain most of the available facsimiles. For Celtic languages, see Linguistics Statement.
- III. Observations
and Qualifications by Subject and LC Class:
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| Subject | LC Class | Location |
CDP[NCIP] Collection Level |
Bibliographer |
| Celtic Literature: General | PB 1096-1100 | PCL
(MAIN) | B[3] | Celtic Literature |
| Irish Literature | PB 1306-1399 | PCL (MAIN) |
B[3] | Celtic Literature |
| Exception: Irish Literature of Twentieth Century | |
PCL (MAIN) | A[2] | Celtic Literature |
| Irish Literature: Translations into English | PB
1421-1433 | PCL (MAIN) | B[3] | English Literature |
| Exception: Translations into English of Irish Literature of
Twentieth Century | | PCL (MAIN) | A[2] | English Literature |
| Gaelic Literature | PB 1605-1668 | PCL (MAIN) |
B[3] | Celtic Literature |
| Exception: Gaelic Literature of Twentieth Century | |
PCL (MAIN) | A[2] | Celtic Literature |
| Gaelic Literature: Translations into English | PB
1681-1695 | PCL (MAIN) | B[3] | Celtic Literature |
| Exception: Translations into English of Gaelic Literature of
Twentieth Century | | PCL (MAIN) | A[2] | Celtic
Literature |
| Manx Literature | PB 1851-1888 | PCL (MAIN) |
A[2] | Celtic Literature |
| Welsh Literature | PB 2206-2285 | PCL (MAIN) |
A[2] | Celtic Literature |
| Modern Welsh Literature | PB 2287-2348 | PCL
(MAIN) | A[2] | Celtic Literature |
| Welsh Literature: Translations into English to 1800 | PB
2361-2373 | PCL (MAIN) | B[3] | Celtic Literature |
| Welsh Literature: Translations into English 19th & 20th
Centuries | PB 2381-2389 | PCL (MAIN) | A[2] |
Celtic Literature |
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