From the Isles of Dream: Visionary Stories and Poems of the Celtic Renaissance

by JohnMatthews (Foreword), RobinWilliamson (Foreword)

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  1993

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  The Celtic Renaissance of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries gave rise to a rich variety of inspired and poetical writings, drawing on traditional themes of mystical and visionary occurrences. This selection, accompanied by evocative contemporary illustrations, includes poems and stories from many of the leading writers of the period, such as WB Yeats, George Macdonald, Fiona Macleod, AE, John Cowper Powys, James Stephens, Lord Dunsany, Kenneth Morris, Ella Young, and Edward Burne-Jones.