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The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914ISBN 0195101251 (0-19-510125-1)
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The Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making It Up in IrelandISBN 0195168879 (0-19-516887-9)
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Lord Randolph ChurchillISBN 0198227566 (0-19-822756-6)
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Lord Randolph Churchill, a Political LifeISBN 0198226799 (0-19-822679-9)
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Modern Ireland, 1600-1972ISBN 0140132503 (0-14-013250-3)
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The Oxford History of IrelandISBN 019280202X (0-19-280202-X)
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The Oxford Illustrated History of IrelandISBN 0192893238 (0-19-289323-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland'Book summary:Few countries have such a compelling and stirring history as Ireland. This sumptuously illustrated volume captures all of the color of the Emerald Isle, from the earliest prehistoric communities and the first Christian settlements, through centuries of turbulent change and creativity, to the present day. Written by an expert team of scholars--all of whom are Native to Ireland--this book offers the most authoritative account of Irish history yet published for the general reader.
Unlike most single-volume histories which tend toward oversimplification, this book emphasizes the paradoxes and ambiguities of Irish history, presenting a more realistic picture. It explores, for example, the reasons behind the intense regional variations in agriculture, prosperity, and political affiliation in so small a land, and show why Victorian norms prevail in certain areas of twentieth-century Irish life. It also examines more familiar themes, such as the shifting patterns of settlement and colonization, the recurrent religious strife, and the establishment of new political entities. And in a special section, it investigates the interaction between Irish history and literature, demonstrating how the importance of language to everyday Irish life has engendered a body of fiction that is virtually a history of Ireland itself.
With over two hundred photographs, a variety of helpful maps, and twenty-four beautiful color plates, The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland brings to life the conflicts, settlements, and traditions that constitute Irish history. Wide-ranging and highly readable, this vivid view of Ireland will entertain and inform anyone interested in this fascinating and colorful island nation. [via]More editions of The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland:
- The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland: ISBN 0192852450 (0-19-285245-0)
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Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland: ISBN 0192893238 (0-19-289323-8)
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- The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland: ISBN 0192852450 (0-19-285245-0)
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Paddy & Mr. PunchISBN 0140171703 (0-14-017170-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paddy & Mr. Punch'Book summary:Elizabeth Bowen, one of the writers considered in this book, described the relationship of Ireland and England as 'a mixture of showing-off and suspicion, nearly as bad as sex'. In these essays Roy Foster explores the patterns of resentment, exploitation, dependence and rejection which were created by centuries of proximity, colonization and emigration. Often seen through the individual experiences of people 'caught' between England and Ireland (a varied gallery including Randolph Churchill, Thackeray, Trollope, Yeats, Parnell and the notorious Mrs O'Shea), these intersections also cut across subjects like the representation of the Irish in Victorian journalism and fiction, the roots of constitutional nationalist agitation, and the making of literary reputations. The last essay, 'Marginal Men and Micks on the Make', is a wide-ranging discussion of the uses of exile, both to and from Ireland. Against the cut and dried stereotypes of Anglo-Irish relations, an overall ambiguity is asserted here, whether the topic examined is the flawed structure of the Act of Union, the way words are used in Irish political rhetoric, or the divided allegiances of Parnell, Yeats and Bowen. These closely linked essays stress assonances as well as dissonances, and provide a commentary on neglected aspects of literary history and national identity. [via]
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W b Yeats - a LifeISBN 019280717X (0-19-280717-X)
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W. B. Yeats: A Life The Arch-Poet 1915-1939ISBN 0198184654 (0-19-818465-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'W. B. Yeats, a Life: II The Arch-Poet, 1915-1939'Book summary:The first volume in Roy Foster's magisterial biography of W.B. Yeats was hailed as "a work of huge significance" (The Atlantic Monthly) and "a stupendous historiographical feat" (Irish Sunday Independent). Now, the eagerly awaited second volume explores the complex poetic, political, and personal intricacies of Yeats's dramatic final decades, a period that saw the Easter Rebellion, the founding of the Irish state in 1922, and the production of Yeats's greatest masterpieces.
In the conclusion of this first fully authorized biography, Foster brilliantly illuminates the circumstances--the rich internal and external experiences--that shaped the great poetry of Yeats's later years: "The Wild Swans at Coole," "Sailing to Byzantium," "The Tower," "The Circus Animals Desertion," "Under Ben Bulben," and many others. Yeats's pursuit of Irish nationalism and an independent Irish culture, his continued search for supernatural truths through occult experimentation, his extraordinary marriage, a series of tempestuous love affairs, and his lingering obsession with Maud Gonne are all explored here with a nuance and awareness rare in literary biography. Foster gives us the very texture of Yeats's life and thought, revealing the many ways he made poetry out of the "quarrel" with himself and the upheaval around him. But this consummate biography also shows that Yeats was much more than simply a lyric poet and examines in great detail Yeats's non-poetic work--his essays, plays, polemics, and memoirs. The enormous and varied circle of Yeats's friends, lovers, family, collaborators and antagonists inhabit and enrich a personal world of astounding energy, artistic commitment and verve; while the poet himself is shown returning again and again to his governing preoccupations, sex and death.
Based on complete and unprecedented access to Yeats's papers and written with extraordinary grace and insight, W.B. Yeats, A Life offers the fullest portrait yet of the private and public life of one of the twentieth century's greatest poets. [via]More editions of W. B. Yeats: A Life The Arch-Poet 1915-1939:
W.B. Yeats a Life: The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914ISBN 0192880853 (0-19-288085-3)
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Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - W.B. Yeats a Life: The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914: ISBN 019510126X (0-19-510126-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - W.B. Yeats: A Life The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914: ISBN 0192880853 (0-19-288085-3)
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- W.B. Yeats a Life: The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914: ISBN 0192117351 (0-19-211735-1)
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