The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore
Best known for his poetry, William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was also a dedicated exponent of Irish folklore. Yeats took a particular interest in the tales' mythic and magical roots. The Celtic Twilight ventures into the eerie and puckish world of fairies, ghosts, and spirits. "This handful of...
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Best known for his poetry, William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was also a dedicated exponent of Irish folklore. Yeats took a particular interest in the tales' mythic and magical roots. The Celtic Twilight ventures into the eerie and puckish world of fairies, ghosts, and spirits. "This handful of dreams," as the author referred to it, first appeared in 1893, and its title refers to the pre-dawn hours, when the Druids performed their rituals. It consists of stories recounted to the poet by his friends, neighbors, and acquaintances. Yeats' faithful transcription of their narratives includes his own visionary experiences, appended to the storytellers' words as a form of commentary.
źródło opisu: Dover Publications, 2011
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780486436579
Publish date: 2011 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Reference,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Irish Literature,
Ireland,
Poetry,
Short Stories,
Research,
Mythology,
Folklore,
Fiction
2 Sterne gibt's eigentlich nur, weil die Sprecherin Tanja Geke das Buch ziemlich gut vorgelesen hat, sie hat eine schöne Stimme und ich habe ihr gerne zugehört. Und ich muss mal schauen, was sie sonst noch so vorgelesen hat.Das Buch selbst hat mir nicht gefallen, mag aber auch daran liegen, dass es ...
In his youth, Yeats was a member of the Golden Dawn, an occult society; he wrote this book during that time, and it's widely seen as a manifesto about his belief in faeries and magic and such. And it is that - but it's not what you think. When he says"Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and sei...
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