Description
The works of many Anglo-Irish writers are familiar to us. English literature has often been dominated by Irish writers who wrote in English.
In this highly entertaining and informative book, Professor Jeffares surveys the whole range of one of the richest literary traditions from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to the modern period. The earlier writing is discussed chronologically, but the great wealth of writing in the last century is discussed in genres: poetry, fiction and drama.
The writers are set in their social and political context. Not only are the works of major writers from Swift to Beckett surveyed, but the work of minor and neglected writers such as Charled Maturin, Lady Morgan and Emily Lawless, is bought to the fore.
This is a book to help students to a great understanding of the subject. To this end a chronological table, bibliographies and photographs have been included. It is also a book for all those who have enjoyed reading the poems of Yeats, the plays of Shaw or the novels of Joyce.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART 1: THE COMPLEX TRADITION
Irish and Norman
Early Writings
PART 2: COLONIAL AND ASCENDANCY
The Early Eighteenth Century
The Later Eighteenth Century
PART 3: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
From the Act of Union to the fall of Parnell 1800-91
The First Quarter
The Second Quarter
After the Famine
Ends and Beginnings
PART 4: MODERN POETRY
Twilight to Twentieth Century
William Butler Yeats
The Celtic Twilight
Douglas Hyde and AE
A New Generation
Ancient and Modern
PART 5: MODERN FICTION
From George Moore to Brian Moore
George Moore
Ireland Seen Through Different Attitudes
James Joyce
Lesser Talents
A Middle State
Irish-Centred Fiction
Idiosyncratic Innovators
Forties to Eighties
PART 6: MODERN DRAMA
Shaw to Beckett
George Bernard Shaw
The Earlier Abbey Dramatists
O'Casey and the Twenties
The Thirties Onwards
Samuel Beckett
Appendices
Select Bibliography
Chronological Table
Index.
Product details
| Published | 02 Sep 1982 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 360 |
| ISBN | 9781349168552 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Series | Bloomsbury History of Literature |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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