Modern Irish writers : a bio-critical sourcebook / edited by Alexander G. Gonzalez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonzalez, Alexander G.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Irish authors--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

English literature.

English literature--Irish authors--Dictionaries.

Authors, Irish--Biography--Dictionaries.

Authors, Irish.

Ireland--Intellectual life--Dictionaries.

Ireland.

Ireland--Biography--Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 457 pages).

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Includes entries for modern Irish writers, including Samuel Beckett, William Trevor, Patrick Kavanagh, Medbh McGuckian, Sean O'Casey, J. M. Synge, and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""A Note on Using This Book""; ""Introduction""; ""Modern Irish Writers""; ""AE (George William Russell) (1867� 1935)""; ""Samuel Beckett (1906� 1989)""; ""Brendan Behan (1923� 1964)""; ""Eavan Boland (1944�)""; ""Elizabeth Bowen (1899� 1973)""; ""Paul Vincent Carroll (1900� 1968)""; ""Ciaran Carson (1948�)""; ""Austin Clarke (1896� 1974)""; ""Mary M. Colum (1884� 1957)""; ""Padraic Colum (1881� 1972)""; ""Daniel Corkery (1878� 1964)""; ""Denis Devlin (1908� 1959)""; ""Paul Durcan (1944�)""; ""Desmond Egan (1936�)""

""John Eglinton (1868� 1961)""""Darrell Figgis (1882� 1925)""; ""Brian Friel (1929�)""; ""Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878� 1957)""; ""Lady Augusta Gregory (1852� 1932)""; ""Seamus Heaney (1939�)""; ""F. R. Higgins (1896� 1941)""; ""Rita Ann Higgins (1956�)""; ""Denis Johnston (1901� 1984)""; ""Jennifer Johnston (1930�)""; ""James Joyce (1882� 1941)""; ""Patrick Kavanagh (1904� 1967)""; ""John B. Keane (1928�)""; ""Molly Keane (1904�)""; ""Benedict Kiely (1919�)""; ""Thomas Kinsella (1928�)""; ""Mary Lavin (1912� 1996)""; ""Michael Longley (1939�)""

""John McGahern (1934�)""""Medbh McGuckian (1950�)""; ""Michael McLaverty (1907� 1992)""; ""Bryan MacMahon (1909�)""; ""Brinsley MacNamara (1890� 1963)""; ""Louis MacNeice (1907� 1963)""; ""Derek Mahon (1941�)""; ""Edward Martyn (1859� 1923)""; ""Paula Meehan (1955�)""; ""Maire Mhac an tSaoi (1922�)""; ""Susan L. Mitchell (1866� 1926)""; ""John Montague (1929�)""; ""Brian Moore (1921�)""; ""George Moore (1852� 1933)""; ""Paul Muldoon (1951�)""; ""Richard Murphy (1927�)""; ""Thomas Murphy (1935�)""; ""T. C. Murray (1873� 1959)""

""Eilean Ni Chuilleanain (1942�)""""Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill (1952�)""; ""Edna OÌBrien (1930�)""; ""Flann OÌBrien (1911� 1966)""; ""Kate OÌBrien (1897� 1974)""; ""Sean OÌCasey (1880� 1964)""; ""Padraig O Conaire (1883� 1928)""; ""Frank O'Connor (Michael OÌDonovan) (1903� 1966)""; ""Tomas O Crohan (1856� 1937)""; ""Peadar O'Donnell (1893� 1986)""; ""Julia O'Faolain (1932�)""; ""Sean O'Faolain (1900� 1991)""; ""Liam O'Flaherty (1896� 1984)""; ""Seumas O'Kelly ([ c. 1875� 1878]� 1918)""; ""James Plunkett (1920�)""; ""Lennox Robinson (1886� 1958)""

""W. R. Rodgers (1909� 1969)""""Peig Sayers (1873� 1958)""; ""James Simmons (1933�)""; ""Somerville and Ross (E. OE. Somerville, 1858� 1949, and Violet Martin, 1862� 1915)""; ""James Stephens (1882� 1950)""; ""Eithne Strong (1923�)""; ""Francis Stuart (1902�)""; ""J. M. Synge (1871� 1909)""; ""William Trevor (1928�)""; ""Katharine Tynan (c. 1858� 1931)""; ""William Butler Yeats (1865� 1939)""; ""Bibliographies""; ""Index""; ""About the Editor and Contributors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400686764

9781429476126

1429476125

OCLC:

489554952

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9798400686764 doi