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Routledge
First published in 1986, A Short History of Irish Literature combines the scholarship of exceptional range and depth with the power to persuade us to read authors we have forgotten or neglected, and to re-read sympathetically those we have insensitively undervalued or dismissed.
From the earliest Gaelic poetry to Seamus Heaney and John Montague, from O Bruadair to O’Casey, Professor Deane is... Read more
Preface 1. The Gaelic background 2. The formation of the Anglo-Irish literary tradition, 1690– 1800 3. The Celtic revival, 1780–1880 4. Nineteenth-century fiction 5. The drama: Farquhar to Shaw 6. Irish modernism: poetry and drama 7. Irish modernism: fiction 8. Contemporary literature, 1940–80
Biography
Seamus Deane (1940–2021) was a distinguished Northern Irish poet, novelist, and critic whose work profoundly influenced Irish literature. A founding director of the Field Day Theatre Company and member of the Royal Irish Academy, he served as general editor of the Penguin Joyce and authored several acclaimed books exploring Irish identity and history.
