Irish Folktales by Henry Glassie (English) Paperback Book

Irish Folktales by Henry Glassie

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Description Robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic, this collection of 125 lively tales tells the story of Ireland. Spanning the centuries from the first wars of the ancient Irish kings through the Celtic Renaissance of Yeats to our own time, they are set in cities, villages, fields and forests from the wild gaelic western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast.

Publisher Description

Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with tales of the ancient times and continuing through the arrival of the saints in Ireland in the fifth century, the periods of war and family, the Literary Revival championed by William Butler Yeats, and the contemporary era, these robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic stories of kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft are set in cities, villages, fields, and forests from the wild western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast.Edited by Henry GlassieWith black-and-white illustrations throughoutPart of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Author Biography

HENRY GLASSIE is a folklorist and emeritus College Professor of Folklore at Indiana University. He has written nearly twenty books on folklore of the areas of Ireland, Turkey, Bangladesh, and the United States, three of which have been named by The New York Times as "Notable Books of the Year."Glassie served as the state folklorist for Pennsylvania, received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was a president of the American Folklore Society and the Vernacular Architecture Forum. He was nominated to the National Council on the Humanities by President Bill Clinton on which he served in 2001.

Details ISBN 0679774122 ISBN-13 9780679774129 Title Irish Folktales Author Henry Glassie Format Paperback Year 1997 Pages 368 Publisher Random House USA Inc GE_Item_ID:159232450; About Us

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