Irish literature since 1800 / Norman Vance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vance, Norman, 1950-

Series:

Longman literature in English series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Irish authors.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

viii, 301 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Longman, 2002.

Summary:

"Not an anthology, but the first book of criticism to engage Irish writing across the whole of the twentieth century, from Maria Edgeworth to Seamus Heaney, and including post-Troubles Ulster. The author gives the reader an up-to-date sense of the variety and vitality of Irish writing and indicates some of the ways in which it has been described and discussed. The text begins with a brief outline of Irish history, of Irish writing in Irish and Latin, and of writing in English before 1800. Later chapters consider Irish romanticism, Victorian Ireland, W.B.Yeats and the Irish Literary Revival, new directions in Irish writing after Joyce and the literature of contemporary Ireland, north and south, from 1960 to the present. For those interested in Irish literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-257) and index.

ISBN:

0582494788

OCLC:

50526938