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Armed Struggle: The History of the Iraby Richard EnglishISBN 0195177533 (0-19-517753-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Armed Struggle: The History of the Ira'Book summary:The IRA has been a much richer, more complexly layered, and more protean organization than is frequently recognized. It is also more open to balanced examination now--at the end of its long war in the north of Ireland--than it was even a few years ago.
Richard English's brilliant book offers a detailed history of the IRA, providing invaluable historical depth to our understanding of the modern-day Provisionals, the more militant wing formed in 1969 dedicated to the removal of the British Government from Northern Ireland and the reunification of Ireland. English examines the dramatic events of the Easter Rising in 1916 and the bitter guerrilla war of 1919-21, the partitioning of Ireland in the 1920s, and the Irish Civil War of 1922-23. Here, too, are the IRA campaigns in Northern Ireland and Britain from the 1930s through the 1960s. He shows how the Provisionals were born out of the turbulence generated by the 1960s civil rights movement, and examines the escalating violence that introduced British troops to the streets of Northern Ireland. He also examines the split in the IRA that produced the Provisionals, the introduction of internment in 1971, and the tragedy of Bloody Sunday in 1972. He then discusses the struggle over political status, culminating in the Hunger Strikes of the early 1980s and describes the Provisionals' emergence as a more committed political force throughout that decade, a politicization that made possible the peace process that has developed over the last decade. English offers a dazzling synthesis of the motives, actions and consequences of the IRA. Neither romanticizing the IRA nor condemning them outright, this is a balanced, definitive treatment of one of the world's leading revolutionary movements. [via]More editions of Armed Struggle: The History of the Ira:
The Artist As Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wildeby Oscar Wilde, Richard EllmannISBN 0226897648 (0-226-89764-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Brendan Behan,by Raymond J. PorterISBN 0231033494 (0-231-03349-4)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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British and Irish Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legendby John Matthews, Caitlin MatthewsISBN 0261666517 (0-261-66651-7)
Hardcover, Diamond Books
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Cashelmaraby Susan HowatchISBN 0241890454 (0-241-89045-4)
Hardcover, Hamilton
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Cattle Lords and Clansmen: The Social Structure of Early Irelandby Nerys Thomas PattersonISBN 0268008000 (0-268-00800-0)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Celtic Mythsby Miranda Jane GreenISBN 0292727542 (0-292-72754-2)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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The Celts: The People Who Came Out of the Darknessby Gerhard HermISBN 0297771655 (0-297-77165-5)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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China Voyage: Across the Pacific by Bamboo Raftby Tim Severin, Rex Warner, Joe BenyonISBN 0201483947 (0-201-48394-7)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Clean Sweep: The Story of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakeby Arthur WebbISBN 0245591621 (0-245-59162-1)
Hardcover, Harrap
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The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowenby Elizabeth BowenISBN 0224018388 (0-224-01838-8)
Hardcover, Cape
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Collecting Irish Silver, 1637-1900by Douglas BennettISBN 0285626221 (0-285-62622-1)
Hardcover, Souvenir Press
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A Concise Ulster Dictionaryby Caroline MacAfeeISBN 0198600593 (0-19-860059-3)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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The Crack: A Belfast Yearby Sally BelfrageISBN 0233979557 (0-233-97955-7)
Hardcover, A. Deutsch
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Crowe's Requiemby Mike McCormackISBN 022404107X (0-224-04107-X)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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Defending Ireland: The Irish State and Its Enemies Since 1922by Eunan O'HalpinISBN 0199242690 (0-19-924269-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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The Druidsby Stuart PiggottISBN 0275467309 (0-275-46730-9)
Hardcover, Praeger
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Dublin's Joyceby Hugh KennerISBN 0231066333 (0-231-06633-3)
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Edmund Spenser, the Faerie Queeneby Edmund SpenserISBN 0300027060 (0-300-02706-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Encyclopedia of the Irish in Americaby Michael GlazierISBN 0268027552 (0-268-02755-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Eoin O'Duffy: A Self-made Heroby Fearghal McGarryISBN 0199276552 (0-19-927655-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Euripide's Medeaby D. L. PageISBN 0198720920 (0-19-872092-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Euripides Medeaby Euripides, Alan ElliotISBN 0199120064 (0-19-912006-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Euripides' Medeaby Michael Collier, Georgia MachemerISBN 0195145666 (0-19-514566-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Euripides' Medea'Book summary:The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves, or who work in collaboration with poets, can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of the great Greek writers. These new translations are more than faithful to the original text, going beyond the literal meaning in order to evoke the poetic intensity and rich metaphorical texture of the Greek language.
Euripides was one of the most popular and controversial of all the Greek tragedians, and his plays are marked by an independence of thought, ingenious dramatic devices, and a subtle variety of register and mood. Medea, is a story of betrayal and vengeance. Medea, incensed that her husband Jason would leave her for another after the many sacrifices she has made for him, murders both his new bride and their own children in revenge. It is an excellent example of the prominence and complexity that Euripides gave to female characters. This new translation does full justice to the lyricism of Euripides original work, while a new introduction provides a guide to the play, complete with interesting details about the traditions and social issues that influenced Euripides's world. [via]More editions of Euripides' Medea:
Gender and Modern Irish Dramaby Susan Cannon HarrisISBN 0253341175 (0-253-34117-5)
Hardcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Georgicsby Virgil, R.A.B. MynorsISBN 0198144458 (0-19-814445-8)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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The Golden Door: Italian And Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York Cityby Thomas KessnerISBN 0195021614 (0-19-502161-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Graham Norton: Laid Bareby Alison BowyerISBN 0233051031 (0-233-05103-1)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Great Irish Detective Storiesby Peter HainingISBN 0285631462 (0-285-63146-2)
Hardcover, Souvenir Pr Ltd
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The Great Victorian Collection: A Novelby Brian MooreISBN 022401126X (0-224-01126-X)
Hardcover, Cape
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The Hair of the Dogma: A Further Selection from Cruiskeen Lawnby Flann O'BrienISBN 0246108754 (0-246-10875-4)
Hardcover, Hart-Davis, MacGibbon
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The Heat of the Dayby Elizabeth BowenISBN 0224600559 (0-224-60055-9)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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The Hellboxby Greg DelantyISBN 0192880888 (0-19-288088-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The High Roadby Edna O'BrienISBN 0297794930 (0-297-79493-0)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Centuryby William E. Lecky, L. Perry CurtisISBN 0226469956 (0-226-46995-6)
Softcover, University of Chicago Press
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The Hobbitby J.R.R. TolkienISBN 0261102664 (0-261-10266-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hobbit'Book summary:Poor Bilbo Baggins! An unassuming and rather plump hobbit (as most of these small, furry- footed people tend to be ), Baggins finds himself unwittingly drawn into adventure by a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves bound for the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug hordes a stolen treasure. Before he knows what is happening, Baggins finds himself on the road to danger. Wizards, dwarves and dragons may seem the stuff of children's fairy tales, but The Hobbit is in a class of its own--light-hearted enough for younger readers, yet with a dark edge guaranteed to intrigue an older audience. In the best tradition of the archetypal hero's quest, Bilbo Baggins sets out on his fateful journey a callow, untested soul and returns--tempered by hardship, danger and loss--a better man--er, hobbit.
This book is the predecessor to Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and though that trilogy can be thoroughly enjoyed without first reading The Hobbit, much that happens in the later novels is foreshadowed here. A word of caution, however: as Bilbo discovers early on, travel and adventure are addictive things; embark on this journey to the Lonely Mountain with Tolkien's reluctant hero, and you might not be able to stop there. And the road taken to the distant mountains of Mordor in the ensuing trilogy is an even more perilous one. [via]
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Improprieties: Politics and Sexuality in Northern Irish Poetryby Clair WillsISBN 0198182392 (0-19-818239-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Ireland, a Historyby Robert KeeISBN 0297778552 (0-297-77855-2)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Ireland After Historyby David LloydISBN 0268012180 (0-268-01218-0)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Ireland: An Illustrated Historyby John RanelaghISBN 0195202619 (0-19-520261-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Ireland and Postcolonial Theoryby Patricia KingISBN 0268022879 (0-268-02287-9)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Ireland and the Irishby Karl BottigheimerISBN 0231046111 (0-231-04611-1)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Ireland and the Irish: Portrait of a Changing Societyby John ArdaghISBN 0241132754 (0-241-13275-4)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Ireland's Holy Wars: The Struggle for a Nation's Soul, 1500-2000by Marcus TannerISBN 0300090722 (0-300-09072-2)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Irish American Family Albumby Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas HooblerISBN 0195124189 (0-19-512418-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Irish American Family Album'Book summary:Erin go bragh. Ireland forever. The popular Celtic saying is heard in the United States from New York to San Francisco because there are more than 39 million Americans who list their ancestry as Irish. Nearly 800,000 Irish arrived here between 1841 and 1850, and 900,000 followed over the next decade. In other words, more than one out of every five people in Ireland left for the United States in that 20-year period.
The Irish American Family Album is a remarkable history and memoir. In their own words--from diary entries, letters, interviews, and personal reflections--and with photographs and clippings pulled from family archives and the press of the day, the rich and colorful history of the Irish immigration to this country is told with a passion and wit that is uniquely Irish. Life on the "ould sod" and the hardships of the great potato famine and British rule, the decision to leave, the arduous Atlantic journey, first impressions of their new home, settling in and building a new life--all are made immediate and real through the words and snapshots of the participants. But not all are happy memories. Most of the immigrants were young people and left Ireland with a heavy heart, believing that they would never again see those they left behind. They faced prejudice in this country--"No Irish Need Apply" was a familiar sign in shop windows and in newspaper advertisements--and living conditions in the tenements they could afford were a far cry from life on the farm back home.
Many immigrants found their first jobs here as laborers. They were among the workers who built the Erie Canal, the transcontinental railroad, and the Statue of Liberty. In the west, Irish laborers found work as miners during the gold rush. Irish women often worked as servants in the houses of the upper class, or worked in the cloth mills of New England. Though prejudice tried to keep the majority at the bottom of society, the very size of the Irish American community made them a powerful political force, and in cities such as Boston, New York, and Chicago, the Irish took control of local political organizations and were soon a force to be reckoned with.
There are many success stories in The Irish American Family Album. The Kennedy family, film actor John Wayne, artist Georgia O'Keeffe, novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman justice of the Supreme Court--all bear witness to the strength and endurance of the Irish spirit. These and other famous Irish Americans are profiled throughout the book.
But the real joy comes in seeing the multitude of faces in the rare and fascinating photographs, and reading memories of Irish grandmothers, of boys who grew up in "Hell's Kitchen" at the turn of the century, of an early union organizer, and the thousand of other voices that make up the proud and diverse Irish American community. Their stories add an important chapter to the multicultural portrait of America. [via]More editions of The Irish American Family Album:
The Irish Diaspora in Americaby Lawrence John McCaffreyISBN 0253331668 (0-253-33166-8)
Hardcover, Indiana University Press
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The Irish in Britainby Kevin O'ConnorISBN 0283978686 (0-283-97868-6)
Hardcover, Sidgwick and Jackson
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Irish in Chicagoby Lawrence J. McCaffreyISBN 0252013972 (0-252-01397-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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James Colemanby James Coleman, George Baker, Raymond BellourISBN 0262523418 (0-262-52341-8)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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Joysprick: An Introduction to the Language of James Joyceby Anthony BurgessISBN 0233962646 (0-233-96264-6)
Hardcover, Deutsch
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Long Day's Journey into Nightby Eugene O'NeillISBN 0300093055 (0-300-09305-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Lost Soulsby Michael CollinsISBN 029764565X (0-297-64565-X)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Major Worksby Jonathan Swift, Angus Ross, David WoolleyISBN 0192840789 (0-19-284078-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Major Works'Book summary:This authoritative edition brings together a unique selection from the full range of Swift's fifty-year career--prose, poetry, and letters--to give the essence of his work and thinking. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is best known as the author of Gulliver's Travels, which alone would have secured his place in the history of English literature. But in addition to this classic fictional satire, Swift wrote numerous works concerning politics, religion, and Ireland, some savage, others humorous, all suffused with his tremendous wit and inventiveness. This anthology includes satirical works such as A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, political pamphlets, pieces for the popular press, poems, and a generous selection from Swift's correspondence. Presented chronologically, the anthology offers a new and clearer awareness of the unity as well as the complexity of Swift's vision, and the powerful bonds between disparate pieces. [via]
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The Major Works: Including Poems, Plays, and Critical Proseby W. B. Yeats, Edward LarrissyISBN 0192842838 (0-19-284283-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhoodby Anne EnrightISBN 022406293X (0-224-06293-X)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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Making Sense of the Molly Maguiresby Kevin KennyISBN 0195116313 (0-19-511631-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Making Sense of the Molly Maguires'Book summary:Twenty Irish immigrants, suspected of belonging to a secret terrorist organization called the Molly Maguires, were executed in Pennsylvania in the 1870s for the murder of sixteen men. Ever since, there has been enormous disagreement over who the Molly Maguires were, what they did, and why they did it, as virtually everything we now know about the Molly Maguires is based on hostile descriptions of their contemporaries.
Arguing that such sources are inadequate to serve as the basis for a factual narrative, Making Sense of the Molly Maguires examines the ideology behind the contemporary evidence to explain how and why a particular meaning came to be associated with the Molly Maguires in Ireland and Pennsylvania. At the same time, this book examines new archival evidence from Ireland that establishes that the American Molly Maguires were a rare transatlantic strand of the violent protest endemic in the Irish countryside.
Combining social and cultural history, Making Sense of the Molly Maguires offers a new explanation of who the Molly Maguires were, as well as why people wrote and believed such curious things about them. In the process, it vividly retells one of the classic stories of American labor and immigration. [via]More editions of Making Sense of the Molly Maguires:
Maryby Mary Wollstonecraft, Gary KellyISBN 0199292450 (0-19-929245-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Matters of Life & Death: And Other Storiesby Bernard MacLavertyISBN 0224077856 (0-224-07785-6)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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Myles Away from Dublin: Being a Selection from the Column Written for The Nationalist and Leinster Times, Carlow, under the Name of George Knowallby Martin Green, Flann O'BrienISBN 0246125667 (0-246-12566-7)
Softcover, Granada
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Names and Naming in Joyceby Claire A. CulletonISBN 0299143848 (0-299-14384-8)
Softcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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New Directions in Irish-American Historyby Kevin KennyISBN 0299187101 (0-299-18710-1)
Hardcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyceby Brenda MaddoxISBN 0241123852 (0-241-12385-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Oxford Companion to Irish Historyby S. J. ConnollyISBN 0198662408 (0-19-866240-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to Irish History'Book summary:The Oxford Companion to Irish History offers a radically new and eminently readable introduction to all aspects of the history of this fascinating and complex land. Written by a team of 87 specialists, its 1,800 entries explore Irish history from earliest times to the recent past. Key figures and events are re-evaluated in the light of recent research, while emerging areas of scholarship, such as women's history and public health, are discussed in depth. Many entries focus on enduring themes of Irish history, including nationalism, unionism, and Catholicism, breaking away from a purely chronological approach to examine the contexts and traditions that underpin Irish identity.
In a field bedeviled by controversy, The Oxford Companion to Irish History offers a reference that is both authoritative and innovative. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to Irish History:
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The Oxford Companion to Irish Literatureby Robert Welch, Bruce StewartISBN 0198661584 (0-19-866158-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature'Book summary:By turns sacred or profane, mystical or earthy, scathingly satirical and modern or achingly nostalgic for the ever-receding past, the literature of Ireland has long entranced and entertained readers the world over. Now The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature provides a comprehensive and delightfully readable guide to the evolution and achievements of Irish writers and writing across sixteen tumultuous centuries, from fourth-century ogam writing etched on ancient stones, to the towering twentieth-century figures of Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett, to the bold new voices emerging today as Ireland enters a new era and a new century.
Written by a distinguished team of writers from Ireland and around the world, this remarkable Companion offers over 2,000 entries that provide insight into the intimate fusion of history, literature, and culture that distinguishes so much of Ireland's poetry, drama, and fiction. Unrivalled in scope, this superb volume encompasses writing in both the Irish language and in English, across the religious and political spectrums, by native Irish and Anglo-Irish writers and such outsiders as Londoner Edmund Spenser, who completed The Faerie Queen--and indeed most of his life's work--during his two decades in Ireland. In contrast to other, less complete references, the editors of this Companion seek always to show the complex and continuing influence of the Irish language on writers in English, and vice versa. And as befits a country where so many writers have not only been commentators and observers of history but also active participants in the nation's affairs, there are dozens of entries on important historical events that shaped the lives and fired the imaginations of the Irish, from the Battle of the Boyne and the Great Famine of the 1840s, to the Easter Uprising of 1916 and today's continuing conflicts and controversies. Hundreds of biographical entries range from the early bards and authors such as Adaman, the seventh century abbot and biographer of the Irish saint Colum Cille, to contemporary writers such as Seamus Heaney, Brian Friel, and Booker Prize-winning novelist Roddy Doyle. The myriad contributions of Ireland's women writers also are well-represented here, with entries on folklorist and dramatist Lady Gregory, co-founder of Ireland's world-renowned Abbey Theatre, and many others, including the novelists and short story writers Mary Lavin, Elizabeth Bowen, Julia O'Faolain, Edna O'Brien and Maeve Binchy, and contemporary poets Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Nuala Ni Dhomnaill, and Rita Ann Higgins.
Whether readers are seeking a quick introduction to the mythic figures of Cu Chulainn and the sidh, or fairy folk, who haunt the pages of Yeats's early poems, a handy who's who to the Dublin of Swift, Joyce, or Behan, or an invitation into the theatrical worlds of J.M. Synge or Sean O'Casey, The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature is a wonderfully accessible reference and an indispensable research tool. It will be treasured not only by students and scholars of Irish writing and history, but by anyone seeking a more acute understanding of one of the world's most vibrant literary traditions. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature:
Oxford Irish Quotationsby Bernard O'DonoghueISBN 0198602391 (0-19-860239-1)
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Peace by Ordeal: An Account, from First-Hand Sources of the Negotiation and Signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921by Great Britain, Frank Pakenham LongfordISBN 0283979089 (0-283-97908-9)
Hardcover, Sidgwick and Jackson
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The Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary: Bearla-Gaeilge/Gaeilge-Bearla English-Irish/Irish-Englishby Valerie Grundy, Breandan O CroininISBN 0198602278 (0-19-860227-8)
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Portraits of the Artist in Exile: Recollections of James Joyce by Europeansby Willard PottsISBN 0295956143 (0-295-95614-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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The Price of My Soulby Bernadette DevlinISBN 0233961968 (0-233-96196-8)
Hardcover, Deutsch in association with Pan Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Price of My Soul'Book summary:Description: 206 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: McAliskey, Bernadette Devlin, 1947- . Northern Ireland - Politics and government - 1969-1994. Northern Ireland - History - 20th century. Autobiography, individual - political history, general. [via]
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Ripley Bogleby Robert McLiam WilsonISBN 0233983929 (0-233-98392-9)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ripley Bogle'Book summary:"I am twenty-one years old, my name is Ripley Bogle and my occupations are starving, freezing, and weeping hysterically." So announces the eponymous narrator of this alternately hilarious and horrifying novel by the Irish writer Robert McLiam Wilson, author of Eureka Street. Ripley Bogle is a Cambridge dropout from Northern Ireland who's fallen down on his luck. Having alienated everyone he knows--seemingly including the entire population of Cambridge--he disrupts an old girlfriend's wedding, attacks his landlord, and finds himself unceremoniously chucked out onto the street. The narrative follows this handsome vagrant for four chilly June days while he wanders London, ranting and reminiscing in heady stream-of-consciousness prose. Reared amid the poverty and violence of Belfast, Bogle doesn't have a kind word for anyone or anything, including his family ("the usual cast list of subhuman Gaelic scumbuckets") and his countrymen ("As a people we're a shambles; as a nation--a disgrace; as a culture we're a bore ... individually we're often repellent"). What he does have is a great Joycean roar of a voice and a prodigious talent for self-destruction. Bogle can try the reader's patience: some of his tirades read like tragicomic howls of pain, others like pure postadolescent gross-out. The novel's end takes a still nastier turn; even after Bogle's unrelentingly grim portrait of life on the London streets, his concluding confessions manage to shock. Ugliness aside, the sheer wattage of Wilson's prose carries the day, and his narrative has all the momentum--and the queasy fascination--of a car accident in progress. --Mary Park [via]
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A Short History of Irish Literatureby Seamus DeaneISBN 0268017239 (0-268-01723-9)
Softcover, Hutchinson
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Sinn Fein: A Hundred Turbulent Yearsby Brian FeeneyISBN 0299186741 (0-299-18674-1)
Softcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sinn Fein: A Hundred Turbulent Years'Book summary:Sinn Féin ("ourselves alone") is one of the most controversial political movements in Ireland. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of the rise and falland rise againof a party that repeatedly has reshaped its identity over the course of a hundred years, moving from dual monarchy to dual strategythe gun and the ballot box.
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From Arthur Griffith to Gerry Adams, this is a roll-call of major personalities from Irish and British history and politics, including Eamon de Valera, Countess Constance Markievicz, David Lloyd George, Michael Collins, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Cathal Goulding, Tomás MacGiolla, Margaret Thatcher, and Martin McGuinness.
Now at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Sinn Féin seems poised to play a pivotal role in the Irish political arena, north and south, well into the future. Its place in history is still being written.
Copublished with the OBrien Press, Dublin.
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Strange Country: Modernity and Nationhood in Irish Writing Since 1790by Seamus DeaneISBN 0198184905 (0-19-818490-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Studs Loniganby James T. FarrellISBN 0252062825 (0-252-06282-5)
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These Daysby Leontia FlynnISBN 0224071971 (0-224-07197-1)
Softcover, Jonathan Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'These Days'Book summary:[via]In this strikingly original collection, Leontia Flynn writes about Belfast and the north of Ireland with a precision and tenderness that is completely fresh. While her subject matter ranges from memories of childhood to the instabilities of adulthood, and from the raw domestic to the restless pull of "elsewhere," her theme throughout is a search for physical and mental well-being, and for a way to live a life. A number of exquisitely moving poems about her father highlight her extraordinary giftsher exact ear, her heightened, filmic sensibility, her bittersweet toneall of which combine to produce works that are accessible but not obvious, witty and serious, delicate but tough, and always surprising.
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A Touch of the Poet: Playby Eugene O'NeillISBN 0300008090 (0-300-00809-0)
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Under the Eye of the Clock: The Life Story of Christopher Nolanby Christopher NolanISBN 0297790927 (0-297-79092-7)
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Virgil Georgicsby R.A.B. MynorsISBN 0198149786 (0-19-814978-6)
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Virgil's Georgics: A Modern English Verseby Smith Palmer BovieISBN 0226857409 (0-226-85740-9)
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West of Ireland Summers: A Cookbookby Tamasin Day-LewisISBN 0297818589 (0-297-81858-9)
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The Wild Geese: The Irish Soldier in Exileby Maurice N. HennessyISBN 0283979534 (0-283-97953-4)
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Wolfe Tone: Prophet of Irish Independenceby Marianne ElliottISBN 0300051956 (0-300-05195-6)
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The World the Romans Knewby N. H. H. SitwellISBN 0241113180 (0-241-11318-0)
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