The famously cranky activist and writer Edward Abbey is revealed in this biography as the immature womanizer he is reputed to be, but also as a fascinating, lovable, and complex man defiantly committed to the causes he espoused. James M. Cahalan uses interviews, letters and diaries, and Abbey's voluminous works in creating his portrait, and the ...
In this text, the author examines gender issues in the writing and in the lives of a dozen notable authors and their fictional characters in Ireland, from the late 19th century to the end of the 20th. With the exception of James Joyce, the question of gender in Irish fiction by men has largely been ignored. Typically, the male novelist or short ...
The first book-length chronology of its kind, Modern Irish Literature and Culture: A Chronology identifies, explains, and interrelates events in Irish literature and culture since 1600. Arranged by topical categories, the work connects developments in drama, fiction, poetry, and prose nonfiction to related historical and political events and ...
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