Repossessions : selected essays on the Irish literary heritage
1995, First Edition. Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly edgeworn and dust-dulled, with prelims and text edges faintly foxed. Remains strong and well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #476257
ISBN: 1859180450
Physical description; xvi, 294 pages : map ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index. Some passages in Irish. Contents; Modern poetry in Irish. Background – Seán Ó Ríordáin, modern poet – "The loving and terrible mother" in the early poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill – Seventeenth and eighteenth-century poetry. Background – Brian Merriman and his Court – The lament for Art O'Leary – The world of Aogán Ó Rathaille – Gaelic culture in crisis: the literary response (1600-1850) – Love in Irish folksong – Early modern Irish poetry (1200-1600). Background – Love in the medieval Irish literary lyric. Occasional. Some highlights of modern fiction in Irish – A writer's testament – Synge and the idea of a national literature – Daniel Corkery, cultural philosopher, literary critic: a memoir – Celebration of place in Irish writing – Three lyrics I like. Subjects; Irish poetry – History and criticism. Irish literature – History and criticism. Ireland – In literature.
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