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Poets and Dreamers: Studies & Translations from the Irish by Lady Gregory, published by Hodges, Figgis, & Co., Ltd., Dublin, and John Murray, London, 1903. Third Edition. An important collection from the Irish Literary Revival by Lady Augusta Gregory, bringing together translations, recollections, folklore, poetry, and observations drawn from the Irish-speaking communities of western Ireland. Gregory records the stories, songs, beliefs, and voices of the people among whom she lived and worked, preserving material from the oral tradition while exploring the poets, storytellers, visionaries, and ordinary men and women who sustained Ireland’s cultural memory. The volume reflects Gregory’s central role in the Celtic Revival and her effort to bring Irish-language traditions and the distinctive rhythms of Irish speech to an English-reading audience. Of particular interest for its accounts of folk belief, dreams, supernatural experiences, traditional cures, visions, and encounters with the unseen world, alongside translations of Irish poetry and studies of local poets and storytellers. An evocative document of Irish folklore and cultural history from one of the leading figures associated with W. B. Yeats and the Irish Literary Revival. Third Edition. Hardcover in original quarter cloth over blue-green paper-covered boards with title printed to upper board and spine. General fading, discoloration, and rubbing to boards, with wear to corners and edges; spine cloth toned. Scattered foxing internally. A sound and appealing early edition.
