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The Irish story
telling tales and making it up in Ireland
By Foster, R. F.
- ISBN
- 978-0-19515-902-8
- Publisher
- Oxford, [U.K.] ; Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2002
Irish historian Foster (history, Hertford Coll., Oxford; W.B. Yeats: The Apprentice Mage) hits the mark again with his latest iconoclastic look at the institutionalized myth that has become Irish history. In these linked essays, Foster addresses the Celtic lore that many mistake for fact-a situation that makes him frankly and playfully scornful. The subtitle says it all. Although Foster is a respected academician...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
