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Woven shades of green : an anthology of Irish nature literature / edited by Tim Wenzell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Natural history--Ireland.
- Natural history.
- Nature in literature.
- Ireland--In literature.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Woven Shades of Green is an annotated selection of literature by authors who focus on the natural world and the beauty of Ireland. It begins with the Irish monks and their largely anonymous nature poetry, written at a time when Ireland was heavily forested. A section follows devoted to the changing Irish landscape, through both deforestation and famine, including the nature poetry of William Allingham, and James Clarence Mangan, essays from Thomas Gainford and William Thackerary, and novel excerpts from William Carleton and Emily Lawless. The anthology then turns to the nature literature of the Irish Literary Revival, including Yeats and Synge, and an excerpt from George Moore’s novel The Lake. Part four shifts to modern Irish nature poetry, beginning with Patrick Kavanaugh, and continuing with the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, and others. Finally, the anthology concludes with a section on various Irish naturalist writers, and the unique prose and philosophical nature writing of John Moriarty, followed by a comprehensive list of environmental organizations in Ireland, which seek to preserve the natural beauty of this unique country. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by John Wilson Foster
- Preface
- Part I: Early Irish Nature Poetry Introduction to Part I Introduction to Part I
- Introduction to Part I
- The Mystery
- Deer’s Cry or St. Patrick’s Breastplate
- St. Columcille of Iona
- Caelius Sedulius
- Anonymous Early Irish Nature Poetry
- Notes to Part I
- Part II: Nature Writing and the Changing Irish Landscape
- Introduction to Part II
- Thomas Gainsford
- William Allingham
- William Hamilton Drummond
- James Clarence Mangan
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- William Carleton
- Emily Lawless
- Notes to Part II
- Part III: Nature and the Irish Literary Revival
- Introduction to Part III
- Æ (George William Russell)
- William Butler Yeats
- Eva Gore-Booth
- John Millington Synge
- George Augustus Moore
- Padraic Colum
- Notes to Part III
- Part IV: Modern Irish Nature Poetry
- Introduction to Part IV
- Patrick Kavanaugh
- Louis MacNeice
- Seamus Heaney
- Eavan Boland
- Moya Cannon
- John Montague
- Michael Longley
- Derek Mahon
- Seán Lysaght
- Desmond Egan
- Mary O’Malley
- Rosemarie Rowley
- Notes to Part IV
- Part V: The Literature of Irish Naturalists
- Introduction to Part V
- John Tyndall
- Robert Lloyd Praeger
- Michael Viney
- Tim Robinson
- John Moriarty
- Notes to Part V
- Appendix: Environmental Organizations in Ireland
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-68448-141-4
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