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Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

By William Butler Yeats

2019-12-13 20:49:44

Nobel Prize-winning writer and poet W.B. Yeats included almost every sort of Irish folk in this marvelous compendium of fairy tales and songs that he collected and edited for publication in 1892. Yeats was fascinated by Irish myths and folklore and j ... Read more
Nobel Prize-winning writer and poet W.B. Yeats included almost every sort of Irish folk in this marvelous compendium of fairy tales and songs that he collected and edited for publication in 1892. Yeats was fascinated by Irish myths and folklore and joined forces with the writers of the Irish Literary Revival. He studied Irish folk tales and chose to reintroduce the glory and significance of Ireland's past through this unique literature. Less

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File size380.191 KB
Print pages416
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2012-08-22
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781586636098
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William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 Jan 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment,...

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