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The Irish Storyteller
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Author : Georges Denis Zimmermann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Irish Storyteller written by Georges Denis Zimmermann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Supported by documents, many of which were not readily available or have never been published before, this book studies images of the 'Irish traditional storyteller' offered at different periods, from several viewpoints and for various purposes. Invariables, changes, ruptures and the effect of conflicting attitudes and ideologies are identified. Contextualized in Irish history and on the wider European scene, this huge book explores the testimony of early antiquarians, accounts of meetings with storytellers by 18th- or 19th-century travelers, representations of acts of elite storytelling in ancient Irish literature or of popular ones in oral tradition itself and in fiction in English - attention is given to the works of Maria Edgeworth, Lady Morgan, the Banim brothers and Griffin, Carleton, Lover, Le Fanu, Somerville and Ross, Yeats, Synge, George Moore and Joyce, and some more recent authors. The evolution of the aims and methods of folklorists, from the Romantic Age to the institutionalization of collecting and to modern ethnographic projects, and the links between definitions of folklore and cultural nationalism are investigated, as are the complex relationships between storytelling, history and truth and the concepts of Irishness and tradition. Another section tries to establish what is known of actual storytelling in the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th: the tellers' training, their techniques and conception of tradition, their status, the etiquette of performance and the role of the audience. Themes and formal characteristics of different kinds of oral narratives are examined.
Ireland S Master Storyteller
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Author : Éamon Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
Release Date : 1998
Ireland S Master Storyteller written by Éamon Kelly and has been published by Mercier Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Fiction categories.
A wonderful collection of some of the best stories by this master writer.
Irish Storytelling The Sc Alai As The Practitioner Of Oral Literature Par Excellence
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Author : Patrick Bruendl
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2017-06-13
Irish Storytelling The Sc Alai As The Practitioner Of Oral Literature Par Excellence written by Patrick Bruendl and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-13 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Essay from the year 2016 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, University College Cork, course: Irish Folkore, language: English, abstract: The information era and the ongoing globalization are leading to a loss of cultural identity in many countries over the world. While Ireland is strongly connected to the digital Revolution with its many multinational IT-companies, it is even stronger connected to its culture and traditions. One of the most important parts of Irish Folklore is the storytelling. As Gearóid Ó Crualaoich wrote: ‘The perceived heritage of Irish stories and storytelling, taken together, is regarded as having the status of a Grand Tradition’. The aim of this essay is to make an analyses of the Irish storytelling, its typical process, variations and especially the role of the storyteller himself. Since a distinction is made according to the genres of the told stories, this essay will mainly focus on the scéalaí, and if he is the practitioner of oral literature par excellence.
Storytelling In Irish Tradition
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Author : Seán Ó Súilleabháin
language : en
Publisher: Cork [Company Cork] : Published for the Cultural Relations Committee of Ireland by Mercier Press
Release Date : 1973
Storytelling In Irish Tradition written by Seán Ó Súilleabháin and has been published by Cork [Company Cork] : Published for the Cultural Relations Committee of Ireland by Mercier Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Literary Criticism categories.
Tales Of The Irish Hedgerows
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Author : Tony Locke
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2017-04-03
Tales Of The Irish Hedgerows written by Tony Locke and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-03 with Social Science categories.
Traditional hedgerows are rapidly vanishing from our countryside. With their disappearance, we lose not only their flora and fauna but also the tales and folklore that have always surrounded them. This book records these stories before they disappear from memory. With chapters dedicated to specific plants or animals, we learn about the folklore of the hedgehog, the badger, woodmouse, thrush, wren, bumblebee, hawthorn, foxglove and hazel and many more. These are tales of wisdom and magic that help us to gain a greater understanding of the natural world we live in and which encourage us to live in closer harmony with that world.
Contemporary Irish Traditional Narrative
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Author : Clodagh Brennan Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1992-05-26
Contemporary Irish Traditional Narrative written by Clodagh Brennan Harvey and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-05-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
1. Social Change and the Storytelling Tradition. Modernization and Economic Change. Factors Effecting the Decline of Traditional Storytelling. Technological Innovations. Dance Halls and Public Houses. The Introduction of the Automobile. The Modernization of Homes. Education, Literacy, and the Decline of the Language. The "Death" of the Tradition 2. Folklore Collectors and the Irish Storytelling Tradition. The Pivotal Role of the Collectors. Collecting in the Past. Folklore Collecting Today. Self-Consciousness and the Storytelling Tradition. County Clare: A Symbiosis of Music and Storytelling.The Influence of Eamon Kelly. Limitations in the Documentation of the Tradition 3. The Current Status of the Two Language Traditions. Developments in the Study of Traditional Narrative. Aesthetic Considerations in Traditional Storytelling. The Preeminence of the Irish Language Tradition. The English Language Tradition: Narrating and Narrators of Scealaiocht. The English Language Tradition: Narrating and Narrators of Seanchas. Final Considerations and Portents of Change App. I: QuestionnaireApp. II: Ar Cuairt and Related TermsApp. III: Glossary of Gaelic TermsApp. IV: Selected Tales The Quarryman's SonThe Mac a hAon FionnAbove and Beyond the End of the EarthThe Gentlemen's Agreement.
The Last Storyteller
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Author : Frank Delaney
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-02-07
The Last Storyteller written by Frank Delaney and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-07 with Fiction categories.
“Riveting . . . Readers will quickly warm to [Frank] Delaney’s vividly described Ireland of the 1950s, its fully realized inhabitants, and the dynamic political and personal relationships that make for a remarkable story.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “If we’re to live good lives, we have to tell ourselves our own story. In a good way.” So says Ben MacCarthy’s beloved mentor, and it is this fateful advice that will guide Ben through the tumultuous events of Ireland in 1956. The national mood is downtrodden; poverty, corruption, and an armed rebellion rattle the countryside; and although Ben wants no part of the insurrection, he unknowingly falls in with an IRA sympathizer. Yet despite his perilous circumstances, all he can think about is finding his former wife and true love, Venetia Kelly, who after many years has returned to Ireland with her brutish new husband, a popular stage performer. Determined not to lose Venetia again, Ben calls upon every bit of his passion and courage to win her back, while finally reconciling his violent past with his hopes for a bright future. Brimming with fascinating Irish history, daring intrigue, and the drama of legendary love, The Last Storyteller is an unforgettable novel as richly textured and inspiring as Ireland itself. “A colorful, leisurely tale, with dark moments as well as humor and grace.”—The Star-Ledger “A magical tale [that] weaves in a jackpot of Irish myths.”—Bookreporter “Character-rich and dramatic.”—Library Journal
New Irish Storytellers
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Author : Díóg O'Connell
language : en
Publisher: Intellect Books
Release Date : 2010-04-15
New Irish Storytellers written by Díóg O'Connell and has been published by Intellect Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-15 with Performing Arts categories.
With the success of such films as the Oscar winner Once, Irish film has been getting well-deserved international attention recently. New Irish Storytellers examines storytelling techniques and narrative strategies in contemporary Irish film. Revealing defining patterns within recent Irish cinema, this book explores connections between Irish cinematic storytellers and their British and American colleagues. Díóg O’Connell traces the creative output of Irish filmmakers today back to 1993, the year the Irish Film Board was reactivated, reinvigorating film production after a hiatus of seven years. Reflecting on this key and distinctive era in Irish cinema, this book explores how film gave expression to tensions and fissures in the new Ireland.
The Irish Story Telling Tales And Making It Up In Ireland
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Author : Oxford R. F. Foster Professor of Irish History and a Fellow Hertford College
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2002-09-06
The Irish Story Telling Tales And Making It Up In Ireland written by Oxford R. F. Foster Professor of Irish History and a Fellow Hertford College and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-06 with History categories.
Roy Foster is one of the leaders of the iconoclastic generation of Irish historians. In this opinionated, entertaining book he examines how the Irish have written, understood, used, and misused their history over the past century. Foster argues that, over the centuries, Irish experience itself has been turned into story. He examines how and why the key moments of Ireland's past--the 1798 Rising, the Famine, the Celtic Revival, Easter 1916, the Troubles--have been worked into narratives, drawing on Ireland's powerful oral culture, on elements of myth, folklore, ghost stories and romance. The result of this constant reinterpretation is a shifting "Story of Ireland," complete with plot, drama, suspense, and revelation. Varied, surprising, and funny, the interlinked essays in The Irish Story examine the stories that people tell each other in Ireland and why. Foster provides an unsparing view of the way Irish history is manipulated for political ends and that Irish poverty and oppression is sentimentalized and packaged. He offers incisive readings of writers from Standish O'Grady to Trollope and Bowen; dissects the Irish government's commemoration of the 1798 uprising; and bitingly critiques the memoirs of Gerry Adams and Frank McCourt. Fittingly, as the acclaimed biographer of Yeats, Foster explores the poet's complex understanding of the Irish story--"the mystery play of devils and angels which we call our national history"--and warns of the dangers of turning Ireland into a historical theme park. The Irish Story will be hailed by some, attacked by others, but for all who care about Irish history and literature, it will be essential reading.
The Storyteller Of Inis Mor
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Author : Brian O'Raleigh
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2014-07-01
The Storyteller Of Inis Mor written by Brian O'Raleigh and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Fiction categories.
When 38 year old Conner O'Rourke returns to Ireland after an absence of 30 years, he is running from his demons. His advertising agency in Australia is bankrupt, his marriage is falling apart and he's hearing poetic voices in his mind telling him to return to Inis Mor. His Irish grandmother, whom he hasn't spoken to in years, has contacted him saying she's critically ill and must speak with him before she dies. When he arrives on Inis Mor- a wild, windswept, rocky little outcrop some 30 miles off the West Coast of Ireland - she has already died, leaving him a cottage and a dilapidated old sailing boat that was built by his grandfather. A mysterious old seaman appears offering to help him rebuild the boat and as they work together the old man tells Conner stories and legends of Ireland; stories of adventure, courage and passion. Conner is intrigued and inspired by the old man's stories; but will he find the courage to follow his own heart? THE AUSTRALIAN IRISH ECHO. January 2015 - - A story such as this, with elements of the supernatural, does not need to follow the laws of logic or of sequence. Nevertheless it is very much in the tradition of Irish storytelling, with strong, vibrant prose that reminds of writers such as Sean O'Faolain and Benedict Kiely. There is a sympathy and affection for the island people and their lifestyle. There is nothing here that is either patronising or condescending; indeed the central theme of the book is the contrast between the simplicity of island life and the merciless chase after prosperity in a city such as Sydney. This is a well written story, a reminder of what the Irish people lost when they traded their tradition of storytelling and poems for the hunt for money and possessions. Frank O'Shea. The Australian Irish Echo. January 15 - 2015"