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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Welch, Robert (Robert Anthony), 1947-2013 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism.
Irish literature > History and criticism.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs irlandais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature irlandaise > Histoire et critique.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Irish authors.
Irish literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; THE COLD OF MAY DAY MONDAY: AN APPROACH TO IRISH LITERARY HISTORY; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1: Ancient Things; 2: Iron Age Martial Arts and Christian Scribes; 3: Reciting from the Finger-Ends: The Bards and Ossian; 4: The Undoing of Ireland: Conquest and Reconquest; 5: Ireland: A Colony?; 6: Romantic Ireland?; 7: The Folk Tradition; 8: Famine; 9: New Departures; 10: The West's Awake; 11: Hearts of Stone; 12: Matrix of Surds; 13: Astrakhan Ataraxie; 14: Coda: By the Bog of Cats; 15: Conclusion.
  • A Bibliography of Literary Histories and Related WorksBibliographical Notes; 1. ANCIENT THINGS; 2. IRON AGE MARTIAL ARTS AND CHRISTIAN SCRIBES; 3. RECITING FROM THE FINGER-ENDS: THE BARDS AND OSSIAN; 4. THE UNDOING OF IRELAND: CONQUEST AND RECONQUEST; 5. IRELAND: A COLONY?; 6. ROMANTIC IRELAND?; 7. THE FOLK TRADITION; 8. FAMINE; 9. NEW DEPARTURES; 10. THE WEST'S AWAKE; 11. HEARTS OF STONE; 12. MATRIX OF SURDS; 13. ASTRAKHAN ATARAXIE; 14. CODA: BY THE BOG OF CATS; A Note on the Author; Index.

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