The Irish Storyteller
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...
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List of Abbreviations7Acknowledgments81'Tell us a story ...'12Colloquies of the ancients, and modern views or controversies163Powerful and dangerous or humble and innocent: storytellers as seen by Gaels and Galls444Echoes of past virtues, heard or imagined by antiquaries, surveyors and philologists795Travellers and talkative guides1226Protofolklorists and imitators, nationalists and peasants, in the first half of the nineteenth century1677Nineteenth-century Irish novelists and traditional storytelling2238Irish country life, folklore and nationalism in the second half of the nineteenth century2739Noble peasants and mythical islanders - or 'tons of useless folklore'?31810Folklorists meet storytellers or those who remember them37711Irish traditional storytelling in the twentieth century: how much do we know?42812Stories about storytelling - storytellers in stories51713'That was all true enough ...'55014'Now to conclude and finish ...'590Bibliography599Index627
