Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend and Myth

William Yeats author Robert Welch editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:29th Jul '93

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Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend and Myth cover

Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923

Brings together various W B Yeats' 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.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.

ISBN: 9780140180015

Dimensions: 198mm x 131mm x 29mm

Weight: 365g

496 pages