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Folktales of Ireland (Folktales of the World)
Sean O´sullivan (Ed.)
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Paperback. Few countries can boast such a plenitude 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. Represented here are some of this collection. Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Sean. Series: Folktales of the World S. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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 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
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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 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
... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
Series
Folktales of the World S.
Number of Pages
365
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226639987
SKU
V9780226639987
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