Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

William Butler Yeats, Paul Muldoon

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Random House
15 February 2003

Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction; Folklore, myths & legends; Cultural & Period Fantasy; Irish

Series: Modern Library Classics

Gathered by the renowned Irish poet, playwright, and essayist William Butler Yeats, the sixty-five tales and poems in this delightful collection uniquely capture the rich heritage of the Celtic imagination. Filled with legends of village ghosts, fairies, demons, witches, priests, and saints, these stories evoke both tender pathos and lighthearted mirth and embody what Yeats describes as ""the very voice of the people, the very pulse of life.""

""The impact of these tales doesn't stop with Yeats, or Joyce, or Oscar Wilde,"" writes Paul Muldoon in his Foreword, ""for generations of readers in Ireland and throughout the world have found them flourishing like those persistent fairy thorns.""

Preface by: Paul Muldoon
Edited by: William Butler Yeats
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780812968552
ISBN 10: 0812968557
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 355
Publication Date: 15 February 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

These folk-tales are full of simplicity and musical occurrences, for they are the literature of a class...who have steeped everything in the heart: to whom everything is a symbol. -William Butler Yeats