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Surreal Man

21 Poems

by Ciaran O'Driscoll
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2012

Paintings by Giorgio de Chirico and Rene Magritte provide a springboard for Ciaran O’Driscoll’s engagement with the theme of surrealism. He moves from art to surreal aspects of the contemporary world, in particular war and the increasing isolation of the individual in a greed-driven society....
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by Robert Dinsmoor
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012

Robert Dinsmoor’s poetry is perhaps the greatest achievement of Scotch-Irish writing in the nineteenth century. His work frames a vibrant culture whose ties of faith, family and friendship crisscrossed the Atlantic. He records people, places and events with humour and compassion, and was rightfully...
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by George William Russell
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014

AE in the Irish Theosophist George William Russell, writer, editor, critic, poet, artistic painter and Irish nationalist (1867-1935) This ebook presents «AE in the Irish Theosophist», from George William Russell. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter...
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Postcolonial Overtures

The Politics of Sound in Contemporary Northern Irish Poetry

by Julia C. Obert
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015

Postcolonial Overtures explores the importance of sound in contemporary Northern Irish writing, focusing on the work of three canonical poets: Ciaran Carson, Derek Mahon, and Paul Muldoon. Obert argues that these poets respond to what Edward Said calls "geographical violence"—to the stratification...
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The Midnight Court

Eleven Versions of Merriman

by Gregory A. Schirmer
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015

"Gregory Schirmer provides a stimulating account of eleven key translations into English by Irish writers, including Frank O'Connor, Thomas Kinsella, Seamus Heaney and Ciaran Carson." -Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha, History Ireland Many translations into English verse of Brian Merriman's...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015

This volume sets out to investigate how various forms of authority in Irish culture and history have been challenged and transformed by a crisis situation. In literature and the arts, a reappraisal of the authority of canonical authors – and also of traditional forms, paradigms and critical discourses...
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by George Bernard Shaw, John A. Bertolini
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009

Man and Superman and Three Other Plays, by George Bernard Shaw, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some...
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by J. M. Synge
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014

This play presents a classic tale from Irish Mythology, concerning Deirdre and Conchubar, the King of Ulster. Conchubar wishes Deirdre to be his Queen but Deirdre has fallen for Naisi, son of Usna. This book is a must have for anyone with an interest in Irish Mythology or anyone wishing to read the...
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by Matthew Francis
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017

'Here at the turn of the leaf a horseman is riding through the space between one world and another . . .' The Mabinogi is the Welsh national epic, a collection of prose tales of war and enchantment, adventure and romance, which have long fascinated readers all over the world. Matthew Francis's...
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by Charles James Lever
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015

This volume contains the first volume of Charles James Lever’s phenomenally popular 1840 novel, "Charles O’Malley: The Irish Dragoon". This fantastic novel would make for a great addition to any bookshelf, and is highly recommended for fans and collectors of Lever’s seminal work. Charles...
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by W.B. Yeats
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2005

In 1895 the thirty-year-old W.B. Yeats, already established as one of Ireland's leading poets and folklorists, published this outstanding collection of Irish verse as part of his campaign to establish a tradition of Irish poetry fit for the dawn of a new age in Ireland's history. This Routledge Classics...
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by Brian McHugh
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012

“Torn Edges” is a captivating mystery story linking contemporary Glasgow with a period of recent Irish history, the 1922 Civil War. Following a murder in Glasgow, a search into the family past is triggered off by the finding at the crime scene of a family heirloom gold sovereign. The...
Cover of A Celtic Psaltery: Being Mainly Renderings in English Verse From Irish & Welsh Poetry
by Alfred Perceval Graves
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2013

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS I. IRISH POEMS II. WELSH POEMS III. OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES IV. CHURCH FESTIVALS V. GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS VI. PERSONAL AND VARIOUS
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by Emily Lawless
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016

Emily Lawless (17 June 1845 – 19 October 1913) was an Irish novelist and poet from County Kildare. According to Betty Webb Brewer, writing in 1983 for the journal of the Irish American Cultural Institute, Éire/Ireland: "An unflagging unionist, she recognised the rich literary potential in...
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