# Natasha Sumner, Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University ![Natasha Sumner](/sites/g/files/omnuum3596/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/natashasumner/files/photo.jpg?itok=aL3jfVTI) My research focuses on the popular Gaelic narrative corpus about the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool), with particular regard for Fenian (Fionn Cycle) folklore. I am interested in the historical development of the corpus, as well as the conditions for transmission and narration of the stories and songs. I also maintain research interests in diasporic (North American) Irish and Scottish Gaelic heritage, as well as intertextuality in eighteenth-century Scottish Gaelic literature. I teach courses on Irish and Scottish Gaelic language, early modern literature, and folklore. For more information, see my bio, courses, and publications. Image source:[ Dúchas.ie](http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4428343/4397142) ## Recent Publications Download 6 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=719776&content_filter%5B1%5D=719771&content_filter%5B2%5D=719766&content_filter%5B3%5D=648507&content_filter%5B4%5D=648504&content_filter%5B5%5D=669492&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=719776&content_filter%5B1%5D=719771&content_filter%5B2%5D=719766&content_filter%5B3%5D=648507&content_filter%5B4%5D=648504&content_filter%5B5%5D=669492&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=719776&content_filter%5B1%5D=719771&content_filter%5B2%5D=719766&content_filter%5B3%5D=648507&content_filter%5B4%5D=648504&content_filter%5B5%5D=669492&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=719776&content_filter%5B1%5D=719771&content_filter%5B2%5D=719766&content_filter%5B3%5D=648507&content_filter%5B4%5D=648504&content_filter%5B5%5D=669492&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=719776&content_filter%5B1%5D=719771&content_filter%5B2%5D=719766&content_filter%5B3%5D=648507&content_filter%5B4%5D=648504&content_filter%5B5%5D=669492&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=719776&content_filter%5B1%5D=719771&content_filter%5B2%5D=719766&content_filter%5B3%5D=648507&content_filter%5B4%5D=648504&content_filter%5B5%5D=669492&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=6&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=719776&content_filter%5B1%5D=719771&content_filter%5B2%5D=719766&content_filter%5B3%5D=648507&content_filter%5B4%5D=648504&content_filter%5B5%5D=669492&&format=ris) ### 2024 Natasha Sumner, William Lamb, and Gordon Wells. 2024. “[Digital Developments in Scottish Studies](/publications/digital-developments-scottish-studies)”. Scottish Studies , 40, Pp. 65-82 Natasha Sumner, William Lamb, and Gordon Wells. 2024. “[Digital Developments in Scottish Studies](/publications/digital-developments-scottish-studies)”. Scottish Studies , 40, Pp. 65-82 ### 2023 Natasha Sumner. 2023. “[Review of The Early Fenian Corpus, by Kevin Murray](/publications/review-early-fenian-corpus-kevin-murray)”. Studia Celtica, 57, 1, Pp. 171-73 Natasha Sumner. 2023. “[Review of The Early Fenian Corpus, by Kevin Murray](/publications/review-early-fenian-corpus-kevin-murray)”. Studia Celtica, 57, 1, Pp. 171-73 Natasha Sumner. 2023. “[Review of The Fenian Cycle in Irish and Scots-Gaelic Literature, by Joseph Flahive](/publications/review-fenian-cycle-irish-and-scots-gaelic-literature-joseph-flahive)”. North American Journal of Celtic Studies, 7, 2, Pp. 271-75 Natasha Sumner. 2023. “[Review of The Fenian Cycle in Irish and Scots-Gaelic Literature, by Joseph Flahive](/publications/review-fenian-cycle-irish-and-scots-gaelic-literature-joseph-flahive)”. North American Journal of Celtic Studies, 7, 2, Pp. 271-75 ### 2022 Natasha Sumner and Joseph Nagy. 2022. “[Filíocht Ghaeilge Na Meánaoise Luaithe (c. 600–1200) Early Medieval Irish Poetry (c. 600–1200)](/publications/vernacular-literature)”. In Cnámh Agus Smior Bone and Marrow, Edited by Brian Ó Conchubhair and Sam Fisher, Pp. 34-65. Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University Press Natasha Sumner and Joseph Nagy. 2022. “[Filíocht Ghaeilge Na Meánaoise Luaithe (c. 600–1200) Early Medieval Irish Poetry (c. 600–1200)](/publications/vernacular-literature)”. In Cnámh Agus Smior Bone and Marrow, Edited by Brian Ó Conchubhair and Sam Fisher, Pp. 34-65. Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University Press Natasha Sumner. 2022. “[The Fianna and the Folklore Collectors](/publications/fianna-and-folklore-collectors)”. In The Gaelic Finn Tradition II, Edited by Sharon Arbuthnot, Síle Ní Mhurchú, and Geraldine Parsons, Pp. 159-73. Dublin: Four Courts Natasha Sumner. 2022. “[The Fianna and the Folklore Collectors](/publications/fianna-and-folklore-collectors)”. In The Gaelic Finn Tradition II, Edited by Sharon Arbuthnot, Síle Ní Mhurchú, and Geraldine Parsons, Pp. 159-73. Dublin: Four Courts ### 2020 Natasha Sumner. 2020. “[By Any Other Name: Language, Identity, and Attribution in Robert Flaherty’s Oidhche Sheanchais](/publications/any-other-name-language-identity-and-attribution-robert-flaherty%E2%80%99s)”. In Per Scribendum, Sumus: Ethnopoesis: Writing Heritage, edited by Ullrich Kockel, Philip McDermott, and Liam Campbell, Pp. 149-58. Vienna: LIT Verlag Natasha Sumner. 2020. “[By Any Other Name: Language, Identity, and Attribution in Robert Flaherty’s Oidhche Sheanchais](/publications/any-other-name-language-identity-and-attribution-robert-flaherty%E2%80%99s)”. In Per Scribendum, Sumus: Ethnopoesis: Writing Heritage, edited by Ullrich Kockel, Philip McDermott, and Liam Campbell, Pp. 149-58. Vienna: LIT Verlag [ More arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications)