Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 080
EAN num: 9780762402816
ISBN number: 0762402814
Label: Running Press Book Publishing houses
Manufacturer: Running Press Book Publishing houses
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 448
Printing Date: 1998-02
Publishing house: Running Press Book Publishing houses
Sale Popularity Level: 1206214
Studio: Running Press Book Publishing houses
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Brave heroes and powerful gods match brains and brawn in these classic tales of Celtic mythology. A reprint of Lady Augusta Gregory's 'Gods and Fighting Men', this volume includes the original Preface by W.B. Yeats and author's endnotes, as well as an index of characters and a pronunciation key to Gaelic names and locations (Literature) .
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This very tiny book is very disappointing. I was expecting Lady Gregory's classic book of myths--a tome of a couple hundred pages. This little edition might be nice for a young child but was not what I wanted to introduce my niece to her classic heritage.
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FYI...this book is about an inch and a half square. This is like a keychain size book. You can't really tell that from the picture.
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This edition offers only a small selection of Lady Gregory's _Gods and Fighting Men_, plus the book itself is about 2" by 4". In other words, this book is really a souvenir--not a text to be read. You probably want to get the full text of _Gods and Fighting Men_ instead.
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In case your one of the 96% who never really looks at the "size" of a book when you order it, make sure you do for this one. It's only a pocket version of Lady Gregory's book, and, although the website does not tell you so, this is an ABRIGDED version.
Just know what you're getting.
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I have read this book and find that the very first part is fairly accurate when I compare it with other translations of the stories about Finn and the Fianna. However, I read the notes section for the stories about Cuchulain and noticed that Lady Gregory states that she compiled these stories, while the book jacket states she translated them. Unfortunately she has used several different sources for one of my favorite tales (Deirdre and Naoise) and it makes me wonder how accurate her version of this tale is. She has some elements in the ending that I have found attributed to later versions of the tale (she uses the later version of Deirdre stabbing herself instead of her dashing her head on the rocks), but the fact that she admits in her notes to editing and compiling the tales as she sees fit makes me wonder what else she edited because she didn't like. Personally, I am searching for a translation that is more accurate when it comes to Irish tales, because I feel that the original meaning becomes muddled when tales are edited to match a person's taste.
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