Irish folktales

By:

Glassie, Henry, ed

Material type: Text

TextSeries: (Pantheon fairy tale and folklore library)New York Pantheon Books c1985Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 353p.; ill.; bibliog. and notesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0394532244

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

GR153.5 .I75 1985

Contents:

Introduction. The old story. Faith. Wit. Mystery. History. Fireside tales

Abstract: '...combines a lively selection of modern tales (some from the riches gathered by the Irish Folklore Commission, others collected by the editor himself) with the best tales from a wide assortment of literary sources. The 125 tales here represent all facets of the Irish identity...and the collection stretches from the first wars of the ancient Irish kings to the celebrated Celtic Renaissance of Yeats, Lady Gregory, and Synge, right up to the present day....'

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Introduction. The old story. Faith. Wit. Mystery. History. Fireside tales

'...combines a lively selection of modern tales (some from the riches gathered by the Irish Folklore Commission, others collected by the editor himself) with the best tales from a wide assortment of literary sources. The 125 tales here represent all facets of the Irish identity...and the collection stretches from the first wars of the ancient Irish kings to the celebrated Celtic Renaissance of Yeats, Lady Gregory, and Synge, right up to the present day....'

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