The Ballads and Poems of J. Sheridan Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Swan River Press, August 2011, €12.00, xi+45pp, ph, co)
This booklet reproduces much of the contents of The Poems of Le Fanu, which was first published in 1896. The original introduction by Alfred Perceval Graves is herein reproduced as are the appendices. New to this edition are extracts from Seventy Years of Irish Life in which the author’s brother, William Le Fanu included extracts of juvenile poetry (“O’Donoghue” and “Valentine to Miss K”); and a selection of contemporary reviews. Limited to 150 copies.
Details taken from publisher website.
- · Introduction · Alfred Perceval Graves · in Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896
- · Duan Na Claev—The Legend of the Glaive · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine February 1863, as by Hyacinth Con Carolan
- · Shamus O’Brien · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine July 1850, uncredited.
- · Phaudhrig Crohoore · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine June 1839, uncredited.
- · Molly, My Dear · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896
- · Abhain au Bhuideil: Address of a Drunkard to a Bottle of Whiskey · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896
- · Song (“The autumn leaf was falling”) · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm from Checkmate, Hurst & Blackett, 1871
- · Memory · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896
- · The Stream · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Dublin University Magazine June 1839, as “untitled (“When moonlight falls on wave and wimple”)”, uncredited.
- · A Doggrel in a Dormant-Window · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · pm Poems of J.S. Le Fanu by J. S. Le Fanu, Downey & Co., 1896
- · Note to “Shamus O’Brien” · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · is Dublin University Magazine July 1850, uncredited.
- · Note to “Phaudhrig Crohoore” [The Purcell Papers] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss from “Scraps of Hibernian Ballads”, anonymously, Dublin University Magazine June 1839, uncredited.; contains the whole text of “Scraps of Hibernian Ballads” apart for the poem “Phaudhrig Crohoore” itself, plus a couple of paragraphs of framing narrative.
- · Seventy Years of Irish Life · William Le Fanu · ex Edward Arnold, 1893
- · Contemporary Reviews · Various · rv (r)
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