Books with author Henry [ed.] Glassie

Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with tales of the ancient times and continuing through the arrival of the saints in Ireland in the fifth century, the periods of war and family, the Literary Revival championed by William Butler Yeats, and the contemporary era, these robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic stories of kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft are set in cities, villages, fields, and forests from the wild western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast.Edited by Henry GlassieWith black-and-white illustrations throughoutPart of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Irish Christmas mumming, the subject of this carefully researched and beautifully written book, is approached in Part I through the recollections of four old people of the hamlet of Ballymenone who recall the mumming from their youth. In Part II, the author examines the form and function of the mummers' play, showing that―contrary to the theories of some folklorists―it is not a truncated fragment of a much larger whole but a complete "presentational" statement. He shows how the mummers' play functioned as a means of drawing the community closer together and as an expression of dangers and hopes in the potentially bitter Ulster situation. Glassie's study treats fully the social and cultural context of the mummers' play. It is a superb study, of obvious value to folklorists, but also of interest to literary critics, literary historians, anthropologists, and others.

Glassie, Henry [ed.]. Irish Folk Tales. Second printing. Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1988. 15,5 cm x 23 cm. XVII, 356 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss - american - irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to half title.Occasional markings and annotations in the text. Contains among others the following chapters: At the End of a Short Winter's Day; Connections; Tradition; Communication; A Last Word; The Legend of Knockfierna; Finn and his Men Bewitched; The King of Ireland's Son; The Baptism of Conor MacNessa; Saint Patrick; Saint Patrick on Inishmore etc.