Dorothy Macardle

Earth-Bound

and Other Supernatural Tales

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'Tis these places are haunted, he said, by the old Chieftains and Kings. - Earth-BoundOriginally published in 1924, the nine tales that comprise Earth-Bound were written by Dorothy Macardle while she was held a political prisoner in Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol and Mountjoy Prison. The stories incorporate themes that intrigued her throughout her life; themes out of the myths and legends of Ireland; ghostly interventions, dreams and premonitions, clairvoyance, and the Otherworld in parallel with this one. It is so easy to dismiss them, as some have, merely as part of the narrative of Irish nationalism of the time, but it is the supernatural elemen… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78380-738-3
EAN: 9781783807383
Produktnummer: 34545584
Verlag: Swan River Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 166 S.
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D0.9 cm 184 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 184

Über den Autor

Dorothy Macardle (1889-1958) - historian, playwright, journalist, and novelist - was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth. She was educated at Alexandra College in Dublin where she later lectured in English literature. She is best remembered for her seminal treatise on Ireland's struggle for independence, The Irish Republic (1937), but also wrote novels of the uncanny, including The Uninvited (1941), The Unforeseen (1946), and Dark Enchantment (1953). She died in Drogheda and is buried in St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton.