Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend, and Myth (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

This book was great. It is a expose of Yeats evolution from a writer to a better writer to a Master over a span of time. His critiques of peers and his approval or caustic distain are wonderful. For me he brought to life the very real fairy tale world which the Irish lived in the 1800's. I recommend it to all. It is a bit heavy at times but in some places his sentences reveal such a love for his subject that I consider it to be as poetry. I guess I can only compare some of these passages to the first chapter of the book Hawaii written by James Michner.

I came to Yeats work from "The Stolen Child" poem and wanted to read more of his thoughts on this subject. I can't put this down. It's a great read and although it's in chronological order you can dip in and out if it. So interesting if you like supernatural stories, there are stories here that are very unique. Great inspiration. You won't have read anything else like it.

W.B. Yeats ha contribuito allo studio delle fairies e delle leggende Irlandesi come nessun'altro prima di lui, analizzando queste creature quasi scientificamente, scrivendo l'equivalente di un bestiarium delle fairies. Una raccolta interessantissima, su cui ho basato la mia tesi di laurea.

Excellent. Just what I was looking for

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