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Irish Studies / Literature & Criticism / Folklore
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Fire in His Head A roller-coaster ride with heroes, immortals, monsters, and mind readers through the magical world of Celtic storytelling Aengus, the god of love, embarks into the unknown in pursuit of the girl of his dreams. The result is a unique fantastical adventure that takes the theme of W. B. Yeats's poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" as its motif, and draws into its telling a rich Celtic legacy of myth, legend, and language. "Remarkable and vivid."—Books Ireland Loreto Todd is professor of English at the University of Ulster, Coleraine.
Born in Northern Ireland, she attended Queen's University, Belfast,
where her classmates included poet Seamus Heaney and writer Seamus
Deane. She worked in England for many years and was director
of the program of World English Research at the University of
Leeds, England. She has written thirty books and more than eighty
articles and chapters in books and has edited several journals. |
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