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August 9th 2007
by IndyPublish
(first published 1981)
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Paperback, 124 pages
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1435337360
(isbn13: 9781435337367)
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Rooted in myth, occult mysteries, and belief in magic, these stories are populated by a lively cast of sorcerers, fairies, ghosts, and nature spirits.…more
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Yeats compiled these stories from various Irish hillbillies in the 1890s. I am a lover of all things Celtic as well as a lover of folklore, local legends, ghost stories, faerie lore, etc, but surprisingly I just didn't get sucked into this book like I thought I would.
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Read in January, 2000
You can have your cones and interpenetrating gyres; for me, the unguarded, soppy Romanticism of The Celtic Twilight, based on the diaries the young Yeats kept as he tromped through Irish village life, is the best guide to the obsessions and occult yearnings that animate his poetry, early & late. The anecdotes and rambling asides capture the poet in his native habitat, head in the clouds and feet in the bog of an Ireland that never quite was, but that he needed to shake off the bluff rationalism ...more
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A definite must-read for anyone interested in fairy tales, especially the Irish sort, as I've never found anything better. Yeats, of course, should be read for his own sake, anyway, and if you want more Yeats, go for MYTHOLOGIES, the version that includes both the Celtic Twilight and Yeats' own retellings, in prose, of Irish epic stories, as well as his own original tales. There's another Yeats collection of traditional tales--Irish Folk and Fairy Stories--that also includes the Celtic Twiligh...more
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Read in May, 2005
I'm a big fairy tale/folklore person, but I didn't like this book. Yeats was so condescending towards the Irish that I just couldn't take it. If I hadn't had to read this book for a class, I wouldn't have finished it. But there are some good stories in there.
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As the title suggests - this is ethereal to the max. I highlighted so many quotes out of this one. I loved it. I'm not a huge poetry person, but this one spoke to me.
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Read in January, 2000
You can have your cones and interpenetrating gyres; for me, the unguarded, soppy Romanticism of The Celtic Twilight, based on the diaries the young Yeats kept as he tromped through Irish village life, is the best guide to the obsessions and occult yearnings that animate his poetry, early & late. The anecdotes and rambling asides capture the poet in his native habitat, head in the clouds and feet in the bog of an Ireland that never quite was, but that he needed to shake off the bluff rationalism ...more
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You can have your cones and interpenetrating gyres; for me, the unguarded, soppy Romanticism of The Celtic Twilight, based on the diaries the young Yeats kept as he tromped through Irish village life, is the best guide to the obsessions and occult yearnings that animate his poetry, early & late. The anecdotes and rambling asides capture the poet in his native habitat, head in the clouds and feet in the bog of an Ireland that never quite was, but that he needed to shake off the bluff rationalism ...more
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I almost gave this book only 4 stars, but then I remembered the cultural/ historical context in which Yeat's was writing. This truly remarkable collection of oral accounts of the Irish fairy faith is even more remarkable in light of the fact that Yeats wrote this book during the reason-obsessed dawn of the modern age.
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Read in May, 2008
An interesting piece of prose work from a man known as being a great poet. Yeats' book is full of lyrical insights and odd stories that display his fascination with the mystical and occult.
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
Celts, and anyone interested in the little folk
A great collection of folklore, especially tales of the now oh-so-hard to see, but none the less interesting 'little folk'.
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I wrote a paper on this book in London and never actually read it. Don't tell Dean. I'm sure its great.
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Read in January, 2005
recommends it for:
lovers of folklore
Charming and very weird.
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