Irish Essays

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ID19914524
AuthorsDenis Donoghue (New York University, corresponding author)
Year2011
Publication date2011-04-14
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueIrish Essays (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511902710
OpenAlexW4245947134
Open LibraryOL24903324M
ISBN9780511902710
LanguageEN
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Denis Donoghue has been a key figure in Irish studies and an important public intellectual in Ireland, the UK and US throughout his career. These essays represent the best of his writing and operate in conversation with one another. He probes the questions of Irish national and cultural identity that underlie the finest achievements of Irish writing in all genres. Together, the essays form an unusually lively and far-reaching study of three crucial Irish writers – Swift, Yeats and Joyce – together with other voices including Mangan, Beckett, Trevor, McGahern and Doyle. Donoghue's forceful arguments, deep engagement with the critical tradition, buoyant prose and extensive learning are all exemplified in this collection. This book is essential reading for all those interested in Irish literature and culture and its far-reaching effects on the world

Aesthetics · Art · Conversation · Identity (music) · Irish · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Reading (process) · Sociology · Swift · Classics · Communication · History · Irish and British Studies · Philosophy · English literature · English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh · European · History and criticism · in literature · ireland · Irish Authors · irish authors, history and criticism · Literary Criticism · Literature and society · National characteristics, irish · National characteristics, Irish, in literature

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