312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book surveys Irish writing in English over the last two centuries, from Maria Edgeworth to Seamus Heaney, to give the literary student and the general reader an up-to-date sense of its variety and vitality and to indicate some of the ways in which it has been described and discussed. It begins with a brief outline of Irish history, of Irish writing in Irish and Latin, and of writing in... Read more
1. INTRODUCING IRELAND AND IRISH WRITING 2. ROMANTICISM IN IRELAND, 1800-1837 3. VICTORIAN IRELAND, 1837-1890 4. THE LITERARY REVIVAL AND OTHER STORIES, 1890-1920 5. JAMES JOYCE AND MODERN IRELAND, 1920-1960 6. WRITING AND CONTEMPORARY IRELAND, 1960-2000
Biography
Norman Vance
