FAIRY AND FOLK TALES OF IRELAND
Edited by W. B. Yeats, with a foreword by Kathleen Raine
Condition: Good. Light cover wear consistent with age; pages clean and intact.
About the Book
This classic collection brings together two early anthologies edited by W. B. Yeats Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888) and Irish Fairy Tales (1892). The volume gathers centuries of Irish legend and lore: fairies and leprechauns, the Banshee, saints and robbers, ghosts, witches, and Tir-na-nÓg. Yeats presents these stories as living expressions of Irelands imaginative landscape, preserving the richness of oral tradition and the mystery of belief.
The Sunday Telegraph hailed it for its marvellous feel for the richness of folklore, while The Irish Press praised its balance of literary care and sensitivity to the esoteric and psychic sides of human nature.
About the Author
William Butler Yeats (1865 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, and Nobel Laureate (1923). A leading figure in the Irish Literary Revival, Yeats sought to unite folklore, mysticism, and poetry as expressions of national and spiritual identity.
