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Folklore and Modern Irish Writing, by Anne Markey and Anne O’Connor
This book on Irish folklore and modern Irish writing looks very useful for those who, like myself, are fascinated by the way that folk tales can be endlessly reworked to give contemporary significance to old narrative structures and content.
Posted in Books and Articles, Reviews
Tagged adaptation, Celtic, Fairy tales, Folklore, Intertextuality, Irish literature, Yeats
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CFP: Enchanted Edwardians Conference, University of Bristol, 30-31 March 2015
An exciting conference on fantastic literature of the Edwardian period.
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences
Tagged anthropology, Arabian Nights, CFP, childhood, Children's literature, Conference, Edwardian, Fairy tales, HG Wells, Kipling, landscape, mysticism, myth, orientalism, Peter Pan, science, Wind in the Willows, Yeats
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