More Real Than Reality: The Fantastic in Irish Literature and the Arts

by Csilla Bertha

For many readers, the Irish and the fantastic are synonymous. From the ancient texts and medieval illuminated manuscripts to 20th century poetry, painting, drama, stories, and novels, Irish writers and artists have found the fantastic not only congenial but necessary to their art. In his introduction to this collection of fifteen essays that focus on the fantastic in Irish literature and the arts, Donald E. Morse contends that the use of the fantastic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313266123
• ISBN13: 9780313266126
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"