The Irish Fairy Tale: A Narrative Tradition from the Middle Ages to Yeats and Stephens

by Vito Carrassi

Beginning with a critical reappraisal of the notion of "fairy tale" and extending it to include categories and genres which are in common usage in folklore and in literary studies, this book throws light on the general processes involved in storytelling. It illuminates the fundamental ways in which a culture is formed, while highlighting important features of the Irish narrative tradition, in all its wealth and variety and in its connections with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611493803
• ISBN13: 9781611493801
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: John Cabot University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher