Comments on: The Ulster Cycle – Ness http://artpatient.com/2009/01/04/the-ulster-cycle-ness/ webcomic news, webcomic reviews and commentary Fri, 11 May 2012 14:14:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: delos http://artpatient.com/2009/01/04/the-ulster-cycle-ness/comment-page-1/#comment-141 delos Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:42:10 +0000 http://www.artpatient.com/?p=731#comment-141 Thanks for reading and for the link to a literary source for the legends. I read up to page 20 and that is, indeed, a very dry work. If that's typical for how they are published, I heartily agree that Ness is much better and does exactly what you say - especially the point about making them more human. Thanks for reading and for the link to a literary source for the legends.

I read up to page 20 and that is, indeed, a very dry work. If that’s typical for how they are published, I heartily agree that Ness is much better and does exactly what you say – especially the point about making them more human.

]]> By: chris http://artpatient.com/2009/01/04/the-ulster-cycle-ness/comment-page-1/#comment-140 chris Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:40:13 +0000 http://www.artpatient.com/?p=731#comment-140 'I kept wanting the speech to be just a touch more archaic and formal.' As an Ulsterman myself, the informality of the speech really grounds the story and goes a long way to humanise the characters which in other translations can seem a bit more 'mythological'.. that said, the 1914 translation is a lot more 'literary' its legally free here if your bored: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16464/16464-h/16464-h.htm ‘I kept wanting the speech to be just a touch more archaic and formal.’

As an Ulsterman myself, the informality of the speech really grounds the story and goes a long way to humanise the characters which in other translations can seem a bit more ‘mythological’.. that said, the 1914 translation is a lot more ‘literary’ its legally free here if your bored: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16464/16464-h/16464-h.htm

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