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The cold of May Day monday : an approach to Irish literary history /
The Cold of May Day Monday offers an indvidual view of the history of Irish literature from its very earliest phases up to the present day, more or less, with discussions of major writers such as Friel, Heaney, Derek Mahon, McGahern, and John Banville. Robert Welch traces the roots of Irish literatu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Cold of May Day Monday offers an indvidual view of the history of Irish literature from its very earliest phases up to the present day, more or less, with discussions of major writers such as Friel, Heaney, Derek Mahon, McGahern, and John Banville. Robert Welch traces the roots of Irish literature in myth and legend and explores ancient and pre-Celtic deposits and remembrances; saga literature, as well as devotional writing; the bardic heritage and the cycles of talesof early Ireland; the importance and survival of folklore; and the later phases of Irish literature, from the seventeenth ce. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (VIII, 331 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191510458 0191510459 1322007047 9781322007045 |