Synopses & Reviews
This collection of thirteen captivating tales by Irish authors illustrates both traditional and modern approaches to the Celtic art of storytelling. Spanning two centuries, it features stories by Maria Edgeworth and William Carleton from the beginning of Irish prose fiction in English; retellings of traditional tales by Lady Gregory and Standish O'Grady from the great age of the Irish Literary Revival; and contributions from many of the 20th century's most significant writers, including William Butler Yeats, James Stephens, James Joyce, Seumas O'Kelly, and Liam O'Flaherty.
Synopsis
Features 13 captivating tales, from the early Irish prose fiction of Maria Edgeworth and William Carleton to the 20th-century works of William Butler Yeats, James Stephens, James Joyce, Seumas O'Kelly, and Liam O'Flaherty.
Table of Contents
Maria Edgeworth - The Limerick Gloves (1804)
William Carleton - The Donagh; or, The Horse-Stealers (1833)
J. Sheridan Le Fanu - Green Tea (1872)
Standish H. O'Grady - Death of Fergus (1892)
W. B. Yeats - The Tables of the Law (1897)
E. OE. Somerville and Martin Ross - Lisheen Races, Second-Hand (1899)
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory - The Only Son of Aoife (1902)
George Moore - Home Sickness (1903)
James Stephens - The Blind Man (1913)
James Joyce - The Dead (1914)
Daniel Corkery - The Ploughing of Leaca-na-Naomh (1916)
Seumas O'Kelly - The Weaver's Grave (1919)
Liam O'Flaherty - The Pedlar's Revenge (1976)