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 forestsfrom the wild Gaelic western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast.
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This latest volume of an already distinguished series maintains and even exceeds the high standards of the previous ones. The texts are taken from published and unpublished sources of the past 200 years and include those Glassie collected himself. They reveal the deep humanity of the Irish people; the commentary and notes reveal the humanity of Glassie. While many folktale collections aimed at a general audience are not useful to folklorists because they lack accuracy, this one will be welcomed. General readers will undoubtedly appreciate Glassie's ability to illuminate subtly the ``storyteller's art.'' Very highly recommended. David S. Azzolina, Johns Hopkins Univ. Lib., Baltimore
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"Delightful and informative, comfortable and full of wit and fancy. It reminds us why the Irish have been known as great storytellers for a millennium."
-- Roger D. Abrahams, editor of African Folktales
"This latest volume of an already distinguished series maintains and even exceeds the high standards of the previous ones. The tales reveal the deep humanity of the Irish people; the commentary and notes reveal the humanity of Glassie. Very highly recommended."
-- Library Journal
"A marvelous assortment selected from published (but often out-of-print) collections by the likes of pioneer collectors Lady Wilde, Robin Flower, and Jeremiah Curtin, and from unpublished manuscripts in private and state-owned archives."
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Vivid and surprising .... The Irish gift for prolixity and verbal magic glistens throughout Glassie's collection."
-- Chicago Magazine
-- Roger D. Abrahams, editor of African Folktales
"This latest volume of an already distinguished series maintains and even exceeds the high standards of the previous ones. The tales reveal the deep humanity of the Irish people; the commentary and notes reveal the humanity of Glassie. Very highly recommended."
-- Library Journal
"A marvelous assortment selected from published (but often out-of-print) collections by the likes of pioneer collectors Lady Wilde, Robin Flower, and Jeremiah Curtin, and from unpublished manuscripts in private and state-owned archives."
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Vivid and surprising .... The Irish gift for prolixity and verbal magic glistens throughout Glassie's collection."
-- Chicago Magazine
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Irish Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)Henry Glassy edited six different sections,nineteen different subsections, and all together one hundred twenty four works. That's a lot to organize, let alone read. The quality of some of the work he put in the book is lacking, but its part of the culture. You can't wipe it away because you don't like a story. There are just as many little stories to like in this book. Granted it wasn't to my liking or geared for my work. However, I think many people would enjoy it.
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