Lady Gregory
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Tapping some of the most ancient and authentic tales of Irish mythology, Lady Gregory presents legends from a time when gods still walked the earth. Retold from the Gaelic, this is one of the most entertaining and comprehensive sources of Irish myth available. The preface is by William Butler Yeats.
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In the introduction to this 1919 collection of Irish poems, the author describes her patriotic awakening, and love for her Irish roots. After gathering thirty-seven folk poems from the people of Ireland-a stonecutter, a basket maker, a man on the street, among others-Lady Gregory translated and collected them here.
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By 1907, Lady Gregory was delving deep into the wellsprings of her Irish heritage. She collected the religious and folk stories of her people and retold them in this book for modern readers. This volume includes "Brigit, the Mary of the Gael," "Columcille, the Friend of the Angels of God," "Blessed Patrick of the Bells," "The Voyage of Brendan," and others.
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This 1912 collection of plays by Lady Gregory, dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, contains three tragedies: Grania, Kincora, and Dervorgilla. Many critics believe that Grania, in which she takes a traditional myth glorifying female self-sacrifice and gives it a feminist reinterpretation, is her masterpiece.
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Lady Augusta Gregory's collection and translation of Irish folk legends brings, as Yeats observed, 'Ireland's gift of imagination to the world'.
Following on from the bestselling Irish Myths and Legends: Gods and Fighting Men, this second volume, originally titled Cuchulain of Muirthemne, tells of the brave exploits of Ireland's answer to Achilles, the fearless Cuchulain and the Red Branch of Ulster, as well as the overpowering love of his wife Emer.
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Upon publication of this 1913 account of the Irish Literary Revival, the New York Times called it "the record of an enthusiasm...almost like finding one's self in a fairy tale." Yeats, Synge, and other luminaries of the Irish literary fundament appear in Lady Gregory's detailed history.
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"The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays" by Lord Dunsany, Lady Gregory, John Galsworthy, Eugene O'Neill, George Middleton, Gordon Bottomley, Beulah Marie Dix, Harold Brighouse, Percy MacKaye, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, Harold Chapin, J. A. Ferguson, Winthrop Parkhurst, Louise Saunders. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or...