Great Irish Short Stories

ThiscollectionofthirteencaptivatingtalesbyIrishauthorsillustratesbothtraditionalandmodernapproachestotheCelticartofstorytelling.Spanningtwocenturies,itfeaturesstoriesbyMariaEdgeworthandWilliamCarletonfromthebeginningofIrishprosefictioninEnglish;retellingsoftraditionaltalesbyLadyGregoryandStandishO'GradyfromthegreatageoftheIrishLiteraryRevival;andcontributionsfrommanyofthe20thcentury'smostsignificantwriters,includingWilliamButlerYeats,JamesStephens,JamesJoyce,SeumasO'Kelly,andLiamO'Flaherty.,