Author: Aodh De BlacamPublisher:
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Languages : en
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A First Book of Irish Literature
Author: Aodh De BlacamThe Penguin Book of Irish Fiction
Author: Colm TóibínPublisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780140298499
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume presents the entire canon of Irish fiction in English, from Jonathan Swift (born 1667) to Emma Donoghue (born 1969). Selections from 100 renowned writers, including Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and others, are presented along with background information.
The Irish Literary Tradition
Author: John Ellis Caerwyn WilliamsPublisher:
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Category : Civilization, Celtic, in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Provides a history of literature in the Irish language from the fifth century to the twentieth. This book traces the development of manuscripts from the Latin records made by monastic scribes and the vernacular works of ecclesiastics and lay scholars. It describes the fall of the native order and offers appraisals of the work of Irish writers.
The Cabinet of Irish Literature
Author: Charles Anderson ReadPublisher:
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Category : Irish literature
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
An Introduction to Early Irish Literature
Author: Muireann Ní BhrolcháinPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A discussion of the rich written heritage of the Old and Middle Irish period, 600-1200. Chapters deal with such topics as druids, monks, poets, the beginnings of writing manuscripts, saga cycles, and stories about kings, kingship and sovereignty goddesses.
A History of the Irish Novel
Author: Derek HandPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139500635
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Derek Hand's A History of the Irish Novel is a major work of criticism on some of the greatest and most globally recognisable writers of the novel form. Writers such as Laurence Sterne, James Joyce, Elizabeth Bowen, Samuel Beckett and John McGahern have demonstrated the extraordinary intellectual range, thematic complexity and stylistic innovation of Irish fiction. Derek Hand provides a remarkably detailed picture of the Irish novel's emergence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He shows the story of the genre is the story of Ireland's troubled relationship to modernisation. The first critical synthesis of the Irish novel from the seventeenth century to the present day, this is a major book for the field, and the first to thematically, theoretically and contextually chart its development. It is an essential, entertaining and highly original guide to the history of the Irish novel.
Finding Ireland
Author: Richard TillinghastPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Richard Tillinghast writes vividly and evocatively about the land and people of his adopted home, its culture, its literature, and its long, complex history.
The Language of Irish Literature
Author: Loreto ToddPublisher: Red Globe Press
ISBN: 0333454162
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Language of Irish Literature is the first book on the market to discuss Irish Literature in terms of the history of, and the linguistic contacts in, the island. It provides a description of the development of the varieties of English in Ireland, concentrating on the input from Irish Gaelic and Scots as well as English. It examines the history of English in Ireland; the nature of Irish and of Irish Englishes; oral traditions: songs and stories; and the three main literary genres: drama, poetry and prose.
Rhythms of Writing
Author: Helena WulffPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1474244149
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This is the first anthropological study of writers, writing and contemporary literary culture. Drawing on the flourishing literary scene in Ireland as the basis for her research, Helena Wulff explores the social world of contemporary Irish writers, examining fiction, novels, short stories as well as journalism. Discussing writers such as John Banville, Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, Frank McCourt, Anne Enright, Deirdre Madden, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Colum McCann, David Park, and Joseph O ́Connor, Wulff reveals how the making of a writer's career is built on the 'rhythms of writing': long hours of writing in solitude alternate with public events such as book readings and media appearances. Destined to launch a new field of enquiry, Rhythms of Writing is essential reading for students and scholars in anthropology, literary studies, creative writing, cultural studies, and Irish studies.
Beginner's Irish
Author: Gabriel RosenstockPublisher: Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 9780781810999
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : ga
Pages : 158
Book Description
This popular introduction to the Irish language is now accompanied by an audio CD. Irish, also known as Irish Gaelic or Gaelige, is spoken today by approximately one million people worldwide. It is also the basis of the Irish literary tradition, which is the oldest in Europe after Greek and Latin. This valuable guide, ideal for both individual and classroom use, teaches the basics of Irish grammar and vocabulary in 10 easy-to-follow lessons. The audio CD feature complements the dialogue and grammar sections of the lesson, aiding the reader in understanding the language as spoken.