Folktales of Ireland |
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| Editor:
| O'Sullivan, Sean |
| Series title: | Folktales of the World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-64000-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1966 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $82.00 |
Book Description:
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Few countries can boast such a plentitude of traditional folktales as Ireland. In 1935, the creation of The Irish Folklore Commission set in motion the first organized efforts of collecting and studying a multitude of folktales, both written as well as those of the Irish oral tradition. The Commission has collected well over a million pages of manuscripts.
Folktales of Ireland offers chief archivist Sean O'Sullivan's representation of this awe-inspiring collection. These...
More DescriptionFew countries can boast such a plentitude of traditional folktales as Ireland. In 1935, the creation of The Irish Folklore Commission set in motion the first organized efforts of collecting and studying a multitude of folktales, both written as well as those of the Irish oral tradition. The Commission has collected well over a million pages of manuscripts. Folktales of Ireland offers chief archivist Sean O'Sullivan's representation of this awe-inspiring collection. These tales represent the first English language collection of Gaelic folktales.
"Without doubt the finest group of Irish tales that has yet been published in English."--The Guardian
"O'Sullivan writes out of an intimacy with his subject and an instinctive grasp of the language of the originals. He tells us that his archives contain more than a million and a half pages of manuscript. If Mr. O'Sullivan translates them, I'll read them."--Seamus Heaney, New Statesman
"The stories have an authentic folktale flavor and will satisfy both the student of folklore and the general reader."--Booklist