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John Sherman and Dhoya

by William Butler Yeats

In 1891, Yeats published "John Sherman", a novella, and "Dhoya", a Celtic mythologic story. Ganconagh, Yeats’s nom de plume for this work is the name of a male faerie in Irish mythology that is known for seducing human women.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

Irish

Published In

1891

Genre/Category

Mythology Novel

Tags/Keywords

Short Story Single Author Collections Humanity Seduction

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William Butler Yeats was an English-language Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to...

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