Irish Fairy Tales - (Gothic Fantasy) (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Arthur Rackham's artworks bring a distinctive vein of dark humour to the many classic works he graced in the Golden Age of Illustration. His energetic, dense creations are perfectly suited to the powerful tales of the early Celts, and the later stories of an Ireland of mighty hearths, dreaming of battlefield glory, ancient gods and mystical isles.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Ireland has a rich history of storytelling, with its many tales of heroes, giants, sea-folk, fairies and witchcraft. Here, Arthur Rackham's distinctive artwork, along with illustrations by other artists from the turn of the twentieth century, accompany powerful tales of the early Celts and the later stories of an Ireland of mighty hearths, dreaming of battlefield glory, ancient gods and mystical isles.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>D.L. Ashliman</b>, an emeritus professor at the University of Pittsburgh, taught folklore, mythology, German, and comparative literature at that institution for thirty-three years. He also served as guest professor at the University of Augsburg in Germany. He is the editor of the <i>Aesop's Fables</i> volume in the Barnes and Noble Classics series. His book-length publications include two volumes in the Folklore Handbooks series of Greenwood Press: <i>Folk and Fairy Tales</i> (2004) and <i>Fairy Lore </i>(2005). He authored numerous articles in the four-volume encyclopedia <i>Folktales and Fairy Tales </i>(Greenwood Press, 2016). <p/>Created and developed at <b>Flame Tree Publishing</b>, an independent publisher of nearly 30 years. Flame Tree Studio is our creative hub bringing people, ideas and techniques together to offer collections of new and classic stories that show the breadth of imaginative writing, from early myth to modern times.
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