Irish writing London Volume 1, Revival to the Second World War / edited by Tom Herron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herron, Tom.

Series:

Bloomsbury Studies in the City

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

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

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

London (England)--In literature.

London (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The presence of Irish writers is almost invisible in literary studies of London. The Irish Writing London redresses the critical deficit. A range of experts on particular Irish writers reflect on the diverse experiences and impact this immigrant group has had on the city. Such sustained attention to a location and concern of Irish writing, long passed over, opens up new terrain to not only reveal but create a history of Irish-London writing. Alongside discussions of Wilde, Shaw, Joyce and Yeats, the writing of the political nationalist Katharine Tynan and work of Irish-Language writer Ó Conair

Contents:

FC; Half title; Bloomsbury Studies in the City; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgement; Notes on Contributors; Timeline; Introduction: London - The Other Capital; Tom Herron; 1 Oscar Wilde's Other London; Deaglán Ó Donghaile; 2 W. B. Yeats and the Ghost Club; Tara Stubbs; 3 'On the Pavements Grey': The Suburban Paradises of W. B. Yeats and William Morris; Adrian Paterson; 4 Shaw the Londoner: Politics, Polemics and Mrs Warren's Profession; Michelle C. Paull; 5 'A World of Difference': London and Ireland in the Works of Katharine Tynan; Whitney Standlee

6 Pádraic Ó Conaire's London - A Real or an Imaginary Place? Pádraigín Riggs; 7 James Joyce's 'Londub'; Eleni Loukopoulou; 8 Architectural London: Elizabeth Bowen in Regent's Park; Allan Hepburn; 9 'To be Tired of this is to Tire of Life': Louis MacNeice's London; Simon Workman; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-87405-9

1-4411-5057-9

OCLC:

823726253