Irish Fairy Tales by William Butler Yeats (Unexpurgated Edition)

by W.B. Yeats (editor)

This Halcyon Classics collection contains fourteen classic Irish fairy tales collected and edited by William Butler Yeats. Yeats is well-known as one of the foremost figures of 20th-Century English-language poetry, drama, and literature. Yeats (1865-1939) is probably best known for his poetry, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, the first Irish writer so honored.

Yeats was born and educated in Dublin, studying poetry in his youth. From an early age he was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. Those topics feature in the first phase of his work, which lasted roughly until the turn of the century. His earliest volume of poetry was published in 1889. Yeats was also an important figure in the Irish Literary Revival, and a fervent Irish nationalist as well.

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Introduction

Land and Water Fairies

The Fairies' Dancing-Place
The Rival Kempers
The Young Piper
A Fairy Enchantment
Teigue Of The Lee
The Fairy Greyhound
The Lady Of Gollerus

Evil Spirits

The Devil's Mill
Fergus O'mara And The Air-Demons
The Man Who Never Knew Fear

Cats

Seanchan The Bard And The King Of The Cats
Owney And Owney-Na-Peak

Kings And Warriors

The Knighting Of Cuculain
The Little Weaver Of Duleek Gate

Appendix
Classification Of Irish Fairies
Authorities On Irish Folklore

This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text, with minor errors and omissions corrected.

Genres: Fiction

95 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1892

About the author

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." He was the first Irishman so honored. Yeats is generally considered one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize; such works include The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929).

Yeats was born and educated in Dublin but spent his childhood in County Sligo. He studied poetry in his youth, and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. Those topics feature in the first phase of his work, which lasted roughly until the turn of the century. His earliest volume of verse was published in 1889, and those slow paced and lyrical poems display debts to Edmund Spenser and Percy Bysshe Shelley, as well as to the Pre-Raphaelite poets. From 1900, Yeats' poetry grew more physical and realistic. He largely renounced the transcendental beliefs of his youth, though he remained preoccupied with physical and spiritual masks, as well as with cyclical theories of life.
--from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another collection of Irish folk tales compiled and edited by Yeats. Great stuff, if you like that sort of thing.

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[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good old-fashioned collection first published in 1892 with fourteen tales retold by a variety of authors including W. B. Yeats, Douglas Hyde, and Lady Wilde among others. The collection includes stories about land and water spirits, evil spirits, cats, and kings and warriors. It also includes background on Irish folklore and some illustrations by Jack B. Yeats

[Kübra · Rating 1 out of 5]

Beklentim uyumadan önce çocuklara okunacak tarzda bir kitap olduğu yönündeydi. Ders verici ve düşündürücü olmasını beklemiştim. Ancak pek o türde bir kitap değildi. Daha çok korkutucu masallardan oluşuyordu. Pek sevemedim.

[Fernanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just love Irish folk and their stories.