A Hallowe'en anthology : literary and historical writings over the centuries / [edited by] Lisa Morton

Bib ID:
4330547
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Book
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Description:
  • Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008
  • vi, 208 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:
  • 9780786436842
  • 0786436840
Summary:

"Works on the history of Halloween, from pre-Christian Celtic myths to early 20th century articles, entries include poems, short stories, sections from 19th and 20th century folklore books, a one-act play, Irish and Scottish folk tales, and the first book on Halloween ever published. Annotations make the original source materials more palatable for modern readers"--Provided by publisher.

Full contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: Table of Contents
  • Preface 1
  • "Three Celtic Samhain Myths" (adapted by Lady Gregory, 800 b.c.-a.d. 500) 3
  • "Tamlane" (adapted by Sir Walter Scott, 1548) 10
  • "Flyting Against Polwart" (Alexander Montgomerie, 1584) 19
  • "Hallowe'en" (Robert Burns, 1785) 29
  • "Of Allhallow Even" (from Observations on Popular Antiquities, John Brand, 1810) 00
  • "Hallowe'en at Balmoral Castle" (1869) 00
  • "October 31" (from Chamber's Book of Days, R. Chambers, 1869) 00
  • "Hallowe'en" (from Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, Helen Elliott, 1870) 00
  • The Return of the Native (excerpt, Thomas Hardy, 1878) 00
  • "Halloween: A Threefold Chronicle" (from Harper's Monthly Magazine, William Sharp, 1886) 00
  • Three Stories from Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland (Lady Wilde, 1887) 00
  • "Elsie's Hallowe'en Experience" (Mary D. Brine, 1888) 00
  • "Guleesh na Guss dhu" (from Beside the Fire: A Collection of Irish Gaelic Folk Stories adapted by Douglas Hyde, 1890) 00
  • Hallowe'en: How to Celebrate It (Martha Russell Orne, 1898) 000
  • "The Young Man in the Fairy Knoll" (from Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland Collected Entirely from
  • Oral Sources by John Gregorson Campbell, 1900) 000
  • Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (excerpt from Volume I, Sir John Rhys, 1901) 000
  • "Samhain, Hallowmas" (excerpt from Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, John Gregorson Campbell, 1902) 000
  • "More Folklore from the Hebrides" (excerpt from Folk-lore, Volume XIII, A. Goodrich-Freer, 1902) 000
  • "A European Custom of Pagan Times Brought Over to America (Halloween at Chicago)" (from Internationaler Amerikanisten-Kongress, Jonkheer L. C. van Panhuys, 1904) 000
  • "The Ignis Fatuus, Its Character and Legendary Origin" (from The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 17, no. 65, William Wells Newell, 1904) 000
  • "Hallowmass" (from Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and Popular Customs..., Volume 1, W. Carew Hazlitt, 1905) 000
  • "Hallowe'en" (from The School Arts Book, Volume Five, Emma Woodman, 1906) 000
  • "Hallowe'en" (from Plea of the Negro Soldier and a Hundred Other Poems, Corporal Charles Frederick White, 1908) 000
  • "The Hallowe'en Fires" (from The Golden Bough, Part VII: Balder the Beautiful, Volume I, Sir James G. Frazer, 1913) 000
  • "Who Was Scared?" (from The Complete Hallowe'en Book, Elizabeth F. Guptill, 1915) 000
  • "In Brittany and France" (from The Book of Hallowe'en, Ruth E. Kelley, 1919) 000
  • "Present-Day Mumming at Brooklyn" (from English Pageantry: An Historical Outline, Robert Withington, 1920) 000
  • Bibliography 000
  • Index 000.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index.
Subject:
Other authors/contributors:
Morton, Lisa, 1958-
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