Writings of Irish Folklore, Legend and Myth

Informationen zum Autor W B Yeats (1865 - 1939) is one of the great and innovative poets of the twentieth century. Much of his most vigorous verse on love, sex, Irish and international politics, the complexities of the occult and the 'sedentary toil' of poetry was producedin the years between his fiftieth birthday in 1915 and his death in 1939. Klappentext Brings together various W B Yeats' published prose writings on Irish folklore, legend and myth, with pieces on subjects including ghosts, kidnappers, fairies, ancient tribes, precious stones and Gaelic love songs. Zusammenfassung Brings together various W B Yeats' published prose writings on Irish folklore, legend and myth, with pieces on subjects including ghosts, kidnappers, fairies, ancient tribes, precious stones and Gaelic love songs.

About the author

W B Yeats (1865 - 1939) is one of the great and innovative poets of the twentieth century. Much of his most vigorous verse on love, sex, Irish and international politics, the complexities of the occult and the 'sedentary toil' of poetry was producedin the years between his fiftieth birthday in 1915 and his death in 1939.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Welch, W. B. Yeats, W.B. Yeats, William Yeats, William Butler Yeats, Yeats William
• Assisted by: Robert Welch (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.1993
• EAN: 9780140180015
• ISBN: 978-0-14-018001-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics; Penguin Literature/Mythology; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics; Penguin Literature/Mythology
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, Ireland, Literary essays, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)