Background
Ford, Patrick Kildea was born on July 31, 1935 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Oliver Patrick and Ina Mildred (Spence) Ford.
( Ireland is a country where for over a thousand years on...)
Ireland is a country where for over a thousand years one cultural force has overshadowed all others: the power of a great literary tradition. This book provides a history of literature in the Irish language from the fifth century to the twentieth. Beginning with the introduction of writing into Ireland, it traces the development of manuscripts from the early Latin records made by monastic scribes to the vernacular works of ecclesiastic and lay scholars. It shows how convention and innovation combined to produce poetry of a consistently high artistic standard within a traditional framework. The latter half of the book concentrates on the fall of the native order and a final chapter on the revival offers critical appraisals of the work of recent and contemporary Irish writers and takes up such issues as the decline of the Irish language and the future of Irish-language literature. With a wealth of references to primary and secondary sources, this book is the first comprehensive survey of Irish-Gaelic literature since the publication of Douglas Hyde's Literary History of Ireland in 1899. First written in Welsh by J. E. Caerwyn Williams and published as Traddodiad Llenyddol Iwerddon (1958). The Irish Literary Tradition has been extensively revised and updated for publication in English.
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Ford, Patrick Kildea was born on July 31, 1935 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Oliver Patrick and Ina Mildred (Spence) Ford.
Bachelor of Arts, Michigan State University, 1959; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1969.
Assistant Professor of English, Stanford University, 1968-1970; assistant professor Indo-European studies, University of California at Los Angeles, 1970-1971; assistant Professor of English, University of California at Los Angeles, 1971-1974; associate professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1974-1979; Professor of English and Celtic studies, University of California at Los Angeles, 1979-1991; director Folklore and Mythology Center, University of California at Los Angeles, 1979-1984; chairman Indo-European Studies program, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972-1973, 74-75, 79-82; director writing programs, University of California at Los Angeles, 1989-1991; Margaret Brooks Robinson professor Celtic, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1991; Wallace E. and Grace Connolly professor Celtic, Stanford University, 1986. Founder, president Ford & Bailie Publications/Book Distbrs.
( Ireland is a country where for over a thousand years on...)
( Ireland is a country where for over a thousand years on...)
With Army of the United States, 1956-1957. Member International Arthurian Society (president North America branch 1981-1983), Medieval Academy American, Celtic Studies Association North America (vice president 1984-1986, president 1987-1989), Modern Humanities Research Association (president 2005).
Married Carol Mae Larsen, June 20, 1959 (divorced 1978). Children: Anne Kristina, Paul Kildea, James Oliver. Married Chadine Pearl Bailie, November 17, 1979.