The Irish fairy tale : a narrative tradition from the Middle Ages to Yeats and Stephens
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Fairy tale nella tradizione narrativa irlandese. English
Author
Carrassi, Vito.
Contributors
Wren, Kevin, 1959-
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PN3437 .C3713 2012
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Fairy tales -- Ireland -- History and criticism.
Folklore -- Ireland.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Fairy tales.
Folklore.
Ireland.
Other Subjects
Contes de fées -- Irlande -- Histoire et critique.
Folkdiktning.
Folklore -- Irlande.
Irland.
Sagor -- historia.

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Format
Book
Physical Desc
ix, 207 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
Description
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 explains 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. The book argues that the fairy tale is a kind of "neutral zone," a place of transition as well as a meeting place for popular beliefs and individual creativity, oral tradition and literary works, historical sources and imaginary reconstructions, and for contrasting and converging views of the world, which altogether allow for a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of reality. The book focuses on stories by Yeats and Stephens, whose approach to the subject marks the culmination of a long tradition of attempts at linking past and present and of bridging the gap between what appear to be contradictory facets of a single culture. This leads to a comparative study of Joyce's Dubliners, which illustrates the universal and exemplary nature of the notion of fairy tale put forward in the work.
Language
Translated to English from Italian.
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SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Carrassi, V., & Wren, K. (2012). The Irish fairy tale: a narrative tradition from the Middle Ages to Yeats and Stephens . John Cabot University Press ; Distributed by University Of Delaware Press in partnership with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Carrassi, Vito and Kevin Wren. 2012. The Irish Fairy Tale: A Narrative Tradition From the Middle Ages to Yeats and Stephens. [Rome] : Lanham, Md.: John Cabot University Press ; Distributed by University Of Delaware Press in partnership with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Carrassi, Vito and Kevin Wren. The Irish Fairy Tale: A Narrative Tradition From the Middle Ages to Yeats and Stephens [Rome] : Lanham, Md.: John Cabot University Press ; Distributed by University Of Delaware Press in partnership with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Carrassi, V. and Wren, K. (2012). The irish fairy tale: a narrative tradition from the middle ages to yeats and stephens. [Rome] : Lanham, Md.: John Cabot University Press ; Distributed by University Of Delaware Press in partnership with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Carrassi, Vito., and Kevin Wren. The Irish Fairy Tale: A Narrative Tradition From the Middle Ages to Yeats and Stephens John Cabot University Press ; Distributed by University Of Delaware Press in partnership with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012.

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