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A POCKET HISTORY OF IRISH LITERATURE
ISBN: 0862785022
ISBN 13: 9780862785024
Author: A. NORMAN JEFFARES
Edition: 1 st
Publisher: IRISH AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Publication Date: Dec 01, 1997
Pages: 160
ISBN 13: 9780862785024
Author: A. NORMAN JEFFARES
Edition: 1 st
Publisher: IRISH AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Publication Date: Dec 01, 1997
Pages: 160
Book Summary
Since Irish writers first began to write in English, their presence on the stage of world literature has been remarkable, culminating in the Nobel Prizes awarded to Yeats, Shaw, Beckett and Heaney. This pocket history traces the long list of Irish dramatists, poets, novelists and short-story writers from Swift to the end of the 20th century. The book incorporates writers such as Synge, O'Casey, Beckett, Friel, Edgeworth, Joyce, Bowen, O'Brien, O'Faolain, Doyle, Yeats and Durcan. The leading figures, and some of those who are less well-known, are placed in context, their works are listed, and commentary provides brief insights into their lives and work.
Since Irish writers first began to write in English, their presence on the stage of world literature has been remarkable, culminating in the Nobel Prizes awarded to Yeats, Shaw, Beckett and Heaney. This pocket history traces the long list of Irish dramatists, poets, novelists and short-story writers from Swift to the end of the 20th century. The book incorporates writers such as Synge, O'Casey, Beckett, Friel, Edgeworth, Joyce, Bowen, O'Brien, O'Faolain, Doyle, Yeats and Durcan. The leading figures, and some of those who are less well-known, are placed in context, their works are listed, and commentary provides brief insights into their lives and work.
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