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by Lady Gregory

Author:	Lady Gregory
Subcategory:	History & Criticism
Language:	English
Publisher:	Dover Publications (March 21, 2001)
Pages:	400 pages
Category:	Fiction and Literature
Rating:	4.3
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By the turn of the century, Yeats was immersed in the work with the Irish dramatic movement that would culminate in the founding of the Abbey Theatre in 1904 as a national theater for Ireland.

By the turn of the century, Yeats was immersed in the work with the Irish dramatic movement that would culminate in the founding of the Abbey Theatre in 1904 as a national theater for Ireland. Partly as a result of his theatrical experience, his poetry after 1900 began a complex "movement downwards upon life" fully evident in the Responsibilities volume of 1914. After that he published the extraordinary series of great volumes, all written after age 50, that continued until the end of his career.

Cuchulain of Muirthemne book. Men of Ulster stories.

Translator: Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932. Contributor: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.

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Cuchulain was a mighty warrior, 'the Hound of Ulster', the hero of 'the Red Branch', a band of elite fighters of ancient . Lady Gregory's prose, which resembles that of William Morris and her collaborator Yeats, is gorgeous and moves the story along vigorously

Cuchulain was a mighty warrior, 'the Hound of Ulster', the hero of 'the Red Branch', a band of elite fighters of ancient Ireland. Cuchulain is the subject of numerous tales set in pre-Christian Ireland, including the pivotal 'War for the Bull of Cuailgne'. Lady Gregory's prose, which resembles that of William Morris and her collaborator Yeats, is gorgeous and moves the story along vigorously. This rendition of the Cuchulain saga is required reading for anyone interested in Celtic mythology.

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One of the leading lights of the late-19th-century Irish literary renaissance, the Irish writer, folklorist, and playwright Lady Augusta Gregory was instrumental in collecting and preserving the folklore of her country. She translated these tales of the legendary Cuchulain — an Irish Achilles who was the greatest of ancient Ireland's fabled Knights of the Red Branch — from the original Irish, melding variants of each tale to achieve, enthralling accounts of the great knight's birth and boyhood deeds, superhuman exploits in love and war, and premature death — along with the unforgettable story of the beautiful, overpowering love demonstrated by his wife, Emer. All of these events are recounted in the same plain and simple style Lady Gregory first heard in stories told by her childhood nurse.Of this book by his friend and patroness, W. B. Yeats said, "I think this book is the best that has come out of Ireland in my time. Perhaps I should say that this is the best book that has ever come out of Ireland; for the stories which it tells are a chief part of Ireland's gift to the imagination of the world." Students and scholars of folklore or Celtic mythology will prize this edition for its authentic recounting of the tales and general readers will be delighted both by the imaginative richness of the tales and the beautiful style in which they are told.

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Cyregaehus

The storytelling is great, as expected. Nothing wrong with the content. The book is clearly a bootleg though, which I guess is fine, but there's no title page, no page numbers, bad font, and awful layout. If this doesn't bother you and you just want to read the classic stories, go for it. If you like basic reference points, like page numbers, maybe find a legit publication.

BroWelm

This is the first translation of this collection of stories I have read so I do not have much to compare it with. As with any mythological work, the plot is often confused, but the human interest is strong and the view it gives into Bronze and Iron Age Ireland is remarkable. The language of the translation generates a mood of its own and, if you like it, adds a lot to the pleasure you enjoy from the work as a whole.

Like many stories from a distant culture, it is almost like reading science fiction or fantasy because the underlying assumptions of the society are not the same as our own. The characters are memorable and the view of life and what is important shows us a very different world from our own.

Munimand

Ordered the least expensive available copy of Cuchulain of Muirthemne (and et.) and received it in time to read it for my (college-level) class in Irish Renaissance Literature. It's a wonderfully written, historical roundup of the great foundational Gaelic (Celtic) myths. A significant work of literary salvage -- Lady Augusta Gregory translated the original Gaelic language into a unique form of English that mimics the Celtic speech patterns -- by one of the great women of Irish literature, the cofounder of the Irish Literary Theater and of Ireland's most important contribution to global theater, The Abbey Theater.

Fhois

Lady Gregor is THE source for Irish myths and legends. I've tried a bunch of modern adaptations and besides the fact that the writing tends to be terrible, they are all lifting directly from Gregory anyway. Don't waste time with inferior tip offs, go to the source. Surprisingly modern, totally accessible and very beautiful.