| Irish Fairy and Folk Tales Revised Edition Contributor(s): Yeats, William Butler (Editor), Muldoon, Paul (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 0812968557 ISBN-13: 9780812968552 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: Gathered by the renowned Irish poet, playwright, and essayist William Butler Yeats, the sixty-five tales and poems in this delightful collection uniquely capture the rich heritage of the Celtic imagination. Filled with legends of village ghosts, fairies, demons, witches, priests, and saints, these stories evoke both tender pathos and lighthearted mirth and embody what Yeats describes as "the very voice of the people, the very pulse of life." "The impact of these tales doesn't stop with Yeats, or Joyce, or Oscar Wilde," writes Paul Muldoon in his Foreword, "for generations of readers in Ireland and throughout the world have found them flourishing like those persistent fairy thorns." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Fiction |
| Dewey: 398.210 |
| LCCN: 93040494 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.22" W x 8.03" (0.66 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gathered by the renowned Irish poet, playwright, and essayist William Butler Yeats, the sixty-five tales and poems in this delightful collection uniquely capture the rich heritage of the Celtic imagination. Filled with legends of village ghosts, fairies, demons, witches, priests, and saints, these stories evoke both tender pathos and lighthearted mirth and embody what Yeats describes as "the very voice of the people, the very pulse of life." "The impact of these tales doesn't stop with Yeats, or Joyce, or Oscar Wilde," writes Paul Muldoon in his Foreword, "for generations of readers in Ireland and throughout the world have found them flourishing like those persistent fairy thorns." |