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Christian saints --- Christian saints. --- Literature. --- Brendan, --- In literature. --- Navigatio Sancti Brendani. --- Ireland. --- Legends --- In literature --- Legends. --- Brandaan, --- Brandan, --- Brandão, --- Legende des Heiligen Brandan --- Legende des Heiligen Brendan --- Navigatio S. Brendani --- Navigatio Brendani --- Voyage of St. Brendan --- Voyage of Brendan --- Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis --- Navegação de S. Brandão --- 235.3 BRENDAN --- 235.3 BRENDAN Hagiografie--BRENDAN --- 235.3 BRENDAN Hagiographie--BRENDAN --- Hagiografie--BRENDAN --- Hagiographie--BRENDAN --- Brandanus ab. Clonfertensis

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The Legend of St Brendan is a study of two accounts of a voyage undertaken by Brendan, a sixth-century Irish saint. The immense popularity of the Latin version encouraged many vernacular translations, including a twelfth-century Anglo-Norman reworking of the narrative which excises much of the devotional material seen in the ninth-century Navigatio Sancti Brendani abbatis and changes the emphasis, leaving a recognisably secular narrative. The vernacular version focuses on marvellous imagery and the trials and tribulations of a long sea-voyage. Together the two versions demonstrate a movement away from hagiography towards adventure. Studies of the two versions rarely discuss the elements of the fantastic. Following a summary of authorship, audiences and sources, this comparative study adopts a structural approach to the two versions of the Brendan narrative. It considers what the fantastic imagery achieves and addresses issues raised with respect to theological parallels.

Christian saints --- Epic literature --- Saints chrétiens --- Littérature épique --- Legends --- History and criticism --- Légendes --- Histoire et critique --- Brendan, --- Navigatio Sancti Brendani --- Translations. --- America --- Amérique --- Discovery and exploration --- Irish --- Découverte et exploration irlandaises --- Translations --- Reseskildringar --- Helgonlegender. --- Saints --- Navigatio Sancti Brendani. --- Voyage de saint Brendan. --- Saints chrétiens --- Littérature épique --- Légendes --- Amérique --- Découverte et exploration irlandaises --- Brandaan, --- Brandan, --- Brandão, --- Legende des Heiligen Brandan --- Legende des Heiligen Brendan --- Navigatio S. Brendani --- Navigatio Brendani --- Voyage of St. Brendan --- Voyage of Brendan --- Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis --- Navegação de S. Brandão --- Brandanus ab. Clonfertensis --- Brendan, - Saint, the Voyager, - ca. 483-577

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The Brendan Legend: Texts and Versions deals with the vast textual tradition relating to the Irish Saint Brendan, known as 'The Navigator'. Stories about Brendan have been popular in the whole of Western Europe, from the seventh to the twentieth century. The themes of the book are the interrelated problems of the textual and literary embedding of Brendan texts. For the first time researchers in Celtic, German, Latin and Romance languages and literatures have co-operated on the Brendan tradition, and they have mapped the changes in textual traditions according to different circumstances and audiences. This book will be important to those studying the influence of Celtic literature on the European Continent, and, more generally, to those interested in the versatility of textual traditions in Western Europe.

Christian saints --- Epic literature --- Saints chrétiens --- Littérature épique --- Legends. --- History and criticism. --- Légendes --- Histoire et critique --- Brendan, --- Navigatio Sancti Brendani. --- America --- Amérique --- Discovery and exploration --- Irish --- Découverte et exploration irlandaises --- Legends --- History and criticism --- In literature --- Navigatio Sancti Brendani --- Saints chrétiens --- Littérature épique --- Légendes --- Amérique --- Découverte et exploration irlandaises --- Christian saints. --- Literature. --- Saints --- Canonization --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship --- In literature. --- Brandaan, --- Brandan, --- Brandão, --- Legende des Heiligen Brandan --- Legende des Heiligen Brendan --- Navigatio S. Brendani --- Navigatio Brendani --- Voyage of St. Brendan --- Voyage of Brendan --- Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis --- Navegação de S. Brandão --- Americas --- New World --- Western Hemisphere --- Christian saints - Ireland - Legends - History and criticism --- Brandanus ab. Clonfertensis --- Brendan, - Saint, the Voyager, - ca. 483-577 - In literature --- America - Discovery and exploration - Irish - Legends - History and criticism --- Brendan, - Saint, the Voyager, - ca. 483-577 --- Folklore