| Mythologies Contributor(s): Yeats, William Butler (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684826216 ISBN-13: 9780684826219 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: This enthralling anthology of Irish legends and tales of the occult is composed of three classic collections--"The Celtic Twilight, The Secret Rose", and "Stories of Red Hanrahan"--and reflects Ireland's greatest poet's deep and abiding interest in preserving and celebrating Irish history and culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Fiction | Fantasy - General |
| Dewey: 828.912 |
| LCCN: 97062244 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.46" W x 8.3" (0.76 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Ireland - Ethnic Orientation - Irish - Holiday - St. Patrick's Day |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the definitive edition of W.B. Yeats's folklore & early prose fiction, edited according to Yeats's final textual instructions. Its extensive annotation makes luminous Yeats's 'fibrous darkness', that 'matrix out of which everything else has come', by dealing with oral & written sources, abandoned & unpublished writings. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yeats, William Butler: - William Butler Yeats is generally considered to be Ireland's greatest poet, living or dead, and one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. |