Thomas Crofton Croker's Fairy Legends: A Revaluation
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2595-8127.v3i1p63-76Abstract
The aim of this paper is to revaluate the achievements of Thomas Crofion Croker as a collector of native legends and traditions of the South West of Ireland and as one of the precursors of twentieth-century short fiction in Ireland. The publication of Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland in 1825 inspires the Grimms' to develop Comparative Folklore Studies, One of Croker's stories, "The Soul Cages" is analysed here to show the way he strategically shaped his narratives improving the traditional oral storytelling technique.
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