Henry Glassie

Irish Folktales - The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library Henry Glassie

Jacket Description/Flap: Robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic, this collection of 125 lively tales tells the story of Ireland. Spanning the centuries from the first wars of the ancient Irish kings through the Celtic Renaissance of Yeats to our own time, they are set in cities, villages, fields and forestsfrom the wild Gaelic western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast. Biographical Note: Henry Glassie is a folklorist and emeritus College Professor of Folklore at Indiana University. He has written nearly twenty books on folklore of the areas of Ireland, Turkey, Bangladesh, and the United States, three of which have been named by "The New York Times" as "Notable Books of the Year." Glassie served as the state folklorist for Pennsylvania, received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was a president of the American Folklore Society and the Vernacular Architecture Forum. He was nominated to the National Council on the Humanities by President Bill Clinton on which he served in 2001. Review Quotes: "Delightful and informative, comfortable and full of wit and fancy. It reminds us why the Irish have been known as great storytellers for a millennium."--Roger D. Abrahams, editor of "African Folktales ""This latest volume of an already distinguished series maintains and even exceeds the high standards of the previous ones. The tales reveal the deep humanity of the Irish people; the commentary and notes reveal the humanity of Glassie. Very highly recommended."-- "Library Journal""A marvelous assortment selected from published (but often out-of-print) collections by the likes of pioneer collectors Lady Wilde, Robin Flower, and Jeremiah Curtin, and from unpublished manuscripts in private and state-owned archives."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review""Vivid and surprising . . . The Irish gift for prolixity and verbal magic glistens throughout Glassie's collection."--"Chicago Magazine"Marc Notes: Originally published: New York: Pantheon Books, c1985.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-333). Publisher Marketing: Robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic, this collection of 125 lively tales tells the story of Ireland. Spanning the centuries from the first wars of the ancient Irish kings through the Celtic Renaissance of Yeats to our own time, they are set in cities, villages, fields and forestsfrom the wild Gaelic western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast. Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Contributor Bio:  Glassie, Henry College Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, has written many books, three of which -- "Passing the Time in Ballymenone", "The Spirit of Folk Art", and "Turkish Traditional Art Today" -- were named notable books of the year by the "New York Times". He has won many awards for his work, including the award for a lifetime of scholarly achievement from the American Folklore Society and the Haskins Prize of the American Council of Learned Societies for a distinctive career of humanistic scholarship.