The Celtic Twilight
by W. B. Yeats
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About This Book
Best known for his poetry, William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was also a dedicated exponent of Irish folklore. Yeats took a particular interest in the tales' mythic and magical roots. The Celtic Twilight ventures into the eerie and puckish world of fairies, ghosts, and spirits. "This handful of dreams," as the author referred to it, first appeared in 1893, and its title refers to the pre-dawn hours, when the Druids performed their rituals. It consists of stories recounted to the poet by his friends, neighbors, and acquaintances. Yeats' faithful transcription of their narratives includes his own ...
Chapters (51)
- THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE
- THIS BOOK
- I
- II
- A TELLER OF TALES
- BELIEF AND UNBELIEF
- MORTAL HELP
- A VISIONARY
- VILLAGE GHOSTS
- “DUST HATH CLOSED HELEN’S EYE”
- I
- II
- A KNIGHT OF THE SHEEP
- AN ENDURING HEART
- THE SORCERERS
- THE DEVIL
- HAPPY AND UNHAPPY THEOLOGIANS
- I
- II
- THE LAST GLEEMAN
- REGINA, REGINA PIGMEORUM, VENI
- “AND FAIR, FIERCE WOMEN”
- ENCHANTED WOODS
- I
- II
- MIRACULOUS CREATURES
- ARISTOTLE OF THE BOOKS
- THE SWINE OF THE GODS
- A VOICE
- KIDNAPPERS
- THE UNTIRING ONES
- EARTH, FIRE AND WATER
- THE OLD TOWN
- THE MAN AND HIS BOOTS
- A COWARD
- THE THREE O’BYRNES AND THE EVIL FAERIES
- DRUMCLIFF AND ROSSES
- THE THICK SKULL OF THE FORTUNATE
- I
- II
- THE RELIGION OF A SAILOR
- CONCERNING THE NEARNESS TOGETHER OF HEAVEN, EARTH, AND PURGATORY
- THE EATERS OF PRECIOUS STONES
- OUR LADY OF THE HILLS
- THE GOLDEN AGE
- A REMONSTRANCE WITH SCOTSMEN FOR HAVING SOURED THE DISPOSITION OF THEIR GHOSTS AND FAERIES
- WAR
- THE QUEEN AND THE FOOL
- THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE OF FAERY
- DREAMS THAT HAVE NO MORAL
- INTO THE TWILIGHT
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