This collection brings together all of 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. 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' 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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W B Yeats (1865 - 1939) is one of the great and innovative poets of the twentieth century. Much of his most vigorous verse on love, sex, Irish and international politics, the complexities of the occult and the 'sedentary toil' of poetry was producedin the years between his fiftieth birthday in 1915 and his death in 1939.
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This book was great. It is a expose of Yeats evolution from a writer to a better writer to a Master over a span of time. His critiques of peers and his approval or caustic distain are wonderful. For me he brought to life the very real fairy tale world which the Irish lived in the 1800's. I recommend it to all. It is a bit heavy at times but in some places his sentences reveal such a love for his subject that I consider it to be as poetry. I guess I can only compare some of these passages to the first chapter of the book Hawaii written by James Michner.
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Dr Corbett, Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, lamented long ago the departure of the English fairies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sociable fairies, famous wise woman, dim kingdom, solitary fairies, fairy doctors, happy other world, wind among the reeds, standard spelling, see item, old countryman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Biddy Early, Lady Gregory, The Celtic Twilight, Ben Bulben, Burren Hills, Wee Woman, Lady Wilde, Matthew Arnold, Mary Hynes, Michael Clancy, Far Darrig, Paddy Flynn, Scots Observer, Tribes of Danu, Hallow Eve, Professor Rhys, Queen Maive, Tuatha Dé Danann, County Galway, Hospital Lane, John Kirwan, Julian Cox, May Day, Michael Hart, Miss Letty New!
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Dr Corbett, Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, lamented long ago the departure of the English fairies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sociable fairies, famous wise woman, dim kingdom, solitary fairies, fairy doctors, happy other world, wind among the reeds, standard spelling, see item, old countryman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Biddy Early, Lady Gregory, The Celtic Twilight, Ben Bulben, Burren Hills, Wee Woman, Lady Wilde, Matthew Arnold, Mary Hynes, Michael Clancy, Far Darrig, Paddy Flynn, Scots Observer, Tribes of Danu, Hallow Eve, Professor Rhys, Queen Maive, Tuatha Dé Danann, County Galway, Hospital Lane, John Kirwan, Julian Cox, May Day, Michael Hart, Miss Letty New!
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- The Celtic Twilight by W.B. Yeats on 14 pages
- The Celtic Twilight by W. B. Yeats on 14 pages
- Beside the Fire by Douglas Hyde on 8 pages
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha De Danaan & of the Fianna of Ireland (Coole Edition of Lady Gregory's Works; V. 3) by Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory on 8 pages
- Cuchulain of Muirthemne by Lady Gregory on 7 pages
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- The Life of W. B. Yeats (Blackwell Critical Biographies) by Terence Brown in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Edition by Ellen Datlow in Front Matter
- Dictionary of Celtic Mythology by James MacKillop in Back Matter
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