Folklore and modern Irish writing /

Exploring the fascination of Irish folklore and storytelling for collectors, scholars, writers, and readers, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the complex relationship between oral traditions and literary practices in Ireland. The rich contributions build upon existing studies of the natu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Markey, Anne, 1958- (Editor ), O'Connor, Anne, 1958- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kildare, Ireland : Irish Academic Press, 2014.
Temas:
Folk literature, Irish > History and criticism.
Irish literature > History and criticism.
Folklore > Ireland.
Littérature irlandaise > Histoire et critique.
Folklore > Irlande.
Littérature populaire irlandaise > Histoire et critique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Folk literature, Irish
Folklore
Irish literature
Ireland
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword
  • Not the Same Old Story; Introduction: Folklore and Modern Irish Writing; COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS ; Chapter 1; From Product to Process: The Emergence of the National Folklore Collection; Chapter 2; Beyond Full-Time Collecting: The Contribution of One Part-Time Collector to the National Folklore Collection; Chapter 3; 'An almost untitled field': Padraig Mac Greine, Annie Power and Bealoideas; WRITING FOLKLORE; Chapter 4.
  • Adding Sparkle to the Dry Details: Folkloric Themes, Tales and Tangents in the Work of Anna Maria Fielding HallChapter 5; Mary Battle and W.B. Yeats
  • From Folklore to Gesamtlebenswerk; Chapter 6; Folk Practice and Belief in the Short Stories of Patrick Pearse; LITERARY INNOVATION AND CULTURAL ADAPTION; Chapter 7; Folklore and Writing for Children in Twentieth-Century Ireland: Padraic Colum, Patricia Lynch and Eilis Dillon; Chapter 8; Spent in the Telling: Peig Sayers and Her Life; Chapter 9.
  • 'With a Faery, hand in hand': W.B. Yeats, Marina Tsvetayeva, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill and the Uses of FolkloreChapter 10; Athbheatha na nAmhran [The Second Life of Song]: Traditional Song in Modern Gaeltacht Prose Writing; CONTINUITY, VARIATION AND INFLUENCE; Chapter 11; The 'Anxiety of Influence'? 'Petticoat Loose' and questions of Adaptation, Attribution, Contextualisation and Interpretation; Chapter 12; The Caoineadh, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Contemporary Irish Writing: Anne Enright's The Gathering; Chapter 13; 'Some hardcore storytelling': Uses of Folklore by Contemporary Irish Writers.
  • Afterword
  • A World of Thirteen Acres: Folklore as Source and InspirationIndex.

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