by William Butler Yeats · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780261667907
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«The Fairy Tales of Ireland» is W. B. Yeats's collection of Irish fairy tales, published by HarperCollins Publishers in paperback (160 pages, in English).
W. B. Yeats gathers tales and songs from Irish folklore and brings them together in this illustrated anthology, where fairies, leprechauns and other legendary creatures coexist. His aim was to recover and spread Ireland's oral tradition, showing the richness of its myths and legends. The illustrations by P. J. Lynch accompany the collection.
This edition features selection and introduction by Neil Philip and illustrations by P. J. Lynch; the original title of Yeats's work is «Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry» (1888).
For readers of traditional tales, Irish folklore and classic fantasy.
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with John Millington Synge and Lady Gregory, founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. He was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature and later served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.
