This enthralling anthology of Irish legends and tales of the occult is composed of three classic collections--"The Celtic Twilight, The Secret Rose", and "Stories of Red Hanrahan"--and reflects Ireland's greatest poet's deep and abiding interest in preserving and celebrating Irish history and culture.
Classic collection of Irish country myths, legends, and stories of the occult - first published in three collections entitled The Celtic Twilight, The Secret Rose, and Stories of Red Hanrahan. "The very essence of Ireland'smystical and spiritual tradition." 369p. Pap.
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This is the definitive edition of W.B. Yeats's folklore & early prose fiction, edited according to Yeats's final textual instructions. Its extensive annotation makes luminous Yeats's 'fibrous darkness', that 'matrix out of which everything else has come', by dealing with oral & written sources, abandoned & unpublished writings.