Irish Bards in Shakespeare's Richard III and As You Like it

Shakespeare alludes twice to Irish bards. In Richard III, the king mentions a prophecy by one of his imminent death; in As You Like It, Rosalind jokes on how Irish bards can supposedly rhyme rats to death. Both refer to supposed bardic powers of seeing the future and of ritual cursing of enemies. A...

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Main Author: Andrew Breeze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Chełmie 2021-10-01
Series:Language, Culture, Politics
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Online Access:https://lcpijournal.panschelm.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LCPI_2021_1_Andrew-Breeze.pdf
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