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Cumadóireacht Uí Chadhain

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Delve into the rich literary landscape with Cumadóireacht Uí Chadhain, a significant publication featuring three previously unpublished texts from the esteemed Máirtín Ó Cadhain, carefully preserved in the Trinity College Dublin archives. This paperback edition, comprising 144 pages and bearing the ISBN 9781909907294, offers readers a unique opportunity to explore the multifaceted genius of Ó Cadhain. Each text, reflecting distinct periods of his creative career, is presented with meticulous annotations and is accompanied by a comprehensive introductory essay. This essay expertly situates these newly revealed writings within the broader context of Ó Cadhain's celebrated fiction and his insightful works of literary criticism. The unifying thread weaving these three distinct manuscripts together is the concept of composition, or cumadóireacht. The first text delves into aspects of composition within the oral tradition, the second examines the importance of the city for the writer, and the third engages with the idea of composition in the context of modern art and the socio-cultural shifts of the 1960s. The editors contend that Ó Cadhain's critical writings represent a valuable contribution to his literary legacy. When placed alongside his other major critical essays, such as Béaloideas (1950) and Páipéir Bhána agus Páipéir Bhreaca (1969), these newly published writings illuminate Ó Cadhain’s profound significance as a critic of literature and culture. They also highlight the importance of his unpublished work as a source of illumination on the development of his thought and literary practice. Scholars and enthusiasts alike will find this collection to be a revolutionary step in the study of Ó Cadhain, greatly enhancing our understanding of him as both a writer and a thinker on literature and the process of composition. The artwork gracing the cover of this volume presents an abstract, cubist-inspired depiction of architectural forms in muted tones of ochre, grey, and black, hinting at the structural and foundational themes explored within the text. This book is currently available for purchase at a sale price of €20.00, reduced from its original price of €24.00.

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