Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend and MythPenguin UK, 29 de jul. de 1993 - 496 páginas This collection brings together all of W. B. Yeats’s published prose writings on Irish folklore, legend and myth, with pieces on subjects including ghosts, kidnappers, fairies, ancient tribes, precious stones and Gaelic love songs. Through his researches on Irish folklore, Yeats attempted to create a movement in literature that was enriched by and rooted in a vital native tradition. In this volume Yeats’s essays, introductions and sketches are presented chronologically, giving a clear picture of how his analysis developed, increasing in its depth and complexity in his quest to create an Ireland of the imagination. |
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THE IRISH FAIRIES from Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry 1888 | |
IRISH FAIRIES GHOSTS WITCHES from Lucifer 1889 | |
SCOTS AND IRISH FAIRIES from the Scots Observer 1889 | |
COLUMKILLE AND ROSSES from the Scots Observer 1889 | |
BARDIC IRELAND from the Scots Observer 1890 | |
TALES FROM THE TWILIGHT from the Scots Observer 1890 | |
IRISH FAIRIES from the Leisure Hour 1890 | |
INVOKING THE IRISH FAIRIES from the Irish Theosophist 1890 | |
IRISH FOLK TALES from the National Observer 1891 | |
AN IRISH VISIONARY from the National Observer 1891 | |
AN IRISH STORYTELLER the introduction to Irish Fairy Tales 1892 | |
IRISH WONDERS from the Scots Observer 1889 | |
VILLAGE GHOSTS from the Scots Observer 1889 | |
KIDNAPPERS from the Scots Observer 1889 | |
THE LAST GLEEMAN from the National Observer 1893 | |
A LITERARY CAUSERIE from the Speaker 1893 | |
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