James Stephens, Arthur Rackham
Irish Fairy Tales
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( May 27, 2010)
This illustrated Kindle version of Irish Fairy Tales (London, 1920):
• Includes all 16 Arthur Rackham color plates.
• Reproduces all line drawings in the original 1920 edition.
• All ten stories with text formatted for easy reading.
All of the color plates and line drawings were individually scanned from the first print edition (London, MacMillan and Company, 1920) and re-scanned in 2018 for display at a larger size in high-resolution Kindle devices, tablets, and eReaders.
This book is a timeless collection of ten Fenian and Mongan stories from Irish folklore, retold by James Stephens (February 9, 1882-December 26, 1950), a noteworthy Irish poet and author. The enchanting illustrations are by Arthur Rackham (September 19, 1867-September 6, 1939), who was very popular in the Golden Age of Illustration (1900-1920), and is still highly regarded today.
The Fenian Cycle (Fiannaidheacht) is sometimes called the Ossian Cycle, after the warrior-bard Oisín, the son of Fionn mac CumHaill. Oisín traveled to the Otherworld and eventually returned to recount his fantastic tales to Saint Patrick.
Besides his humorous and beautifully-written versions of Irish myths and fairy tales, Stephens wrote three novels that sweep willing readers into the realm of Faery — The Crock of Gold, Etched in Moonlight, and Demi-Gods. His most popular work is The Crock of Gold, which has been reprinted many times since 1912.
And what of Faery? It's hard to pin down as a place, a mythical realm, or state of mind. In the story Carl of the Drab Coat, we get an explanation, if not something on which to hang our hat:
In truth we do not go to Faery, we become Faery, and in the beating of a pulse we may live for a year or a thousand years. But when we return the memory is quickly clouded, and we seem to have had a dream or seen a vision, although we have verily been in Faery.
Irish Fairy Tales includes the following stories:
The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill
The Boyhood of Fionn
The Birth of Bran
Oisin's Mother
The Wooing of Becfola
The Little Brawl at Allen
The Carl of the Drab Coat
The Enchanted Cave of Cesh Corran
Becuma of the White Skin
Mongan's Frenzy
• Includes all 16 Arthur Rackham color plates.
• Reproduces all line drawings in the original 1920 edition.
• All ten stories with text formatted for easy reading.
All of the color plates and line drawings were individually scanned from the first print edition (London, MacMillan and Company, 1920) and re-scanned in 2018 for display at a larger size in high-resolution Kindle devices, tablets, and eReaders.
This book is a timeless collection of ten Fenian and Mongan stories from Irish folklore, retold by James Stephens (February 9, 1882-December 26, 1950), a noteworthy Irish poet and author. The enchanting illustrations are by Arthur Rackham (September 19, 1867-September 6, 1939), who was very popular in the Golden Age of Illustration (1900-1920), and is still highly regarded today.
The Fenian Cycle (Fiannaidheacht) is sometimes called the Ossian Cycle, after the warrior-bard Oisín, the son of Fionn mac CumHaill. Oisín traveled to the Otherworld and eventually returned to recount his fantastic tales to Saint Patrick.
Besides his humorous and beautifully-written versions of Irish myths and fairy tales, Stephens wrote three novels that sweep willing readers into the realm of Faery — The Crock of Gold, Etched in Moonlight, and Demi-Gods. His most popular work is The Crock of Gold, which has been reprinted many times since 1912.
And what of Faery? It's hard to pin down as a place, a mythical realm, or state of mind. In the story Carl of the Drab Coat, we get an explanation, if not something on which to hang our hat:
In truth we do not go to Faery, we become Faery, and in the beating of a pulse we may live for a year or a thousand years. But when we return the memory is quickly clouded, and we seem to have had a dream or seen a vision, although we have verily been in Faery.
Irish Fairy Tales includes the following stories:
The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill
The Boyhood of Fionn
The Birth of Bran
Oisin's Mother
The Wooing of Becfola
The Little Brawl at Allen
The Carl of the Drab Coat
The Enchanted Cave of Cesh Corran
Becuma of the White Skin
Mongan's Frenzy
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