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1	Irish Literature: A Reader more books like this by Maureen O Murphy (Editor), James MacKillop (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.44! \| first editions
2	Irish classics more books like this by Declan Kiberd add to wishlist This lively literary history of Ireland from the early 17th century to the Belfast Agreement in 1998 pauses to discuss Swift, Burke, Wilde, Shaw, Synge, and others, including Irish-language poets Dáibhi Ó Braudair and Aogán Ó Rathaille, as well as the 18th-century female poet Eibhlín Dhubh Ní Chonailll and the important Gaelic poet of the 20th ... see all copies from $9.70! new only from $17.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Ancient Books of Ireland more books like this by Michael Slavin add to wishlist "The Ancient Books of Ireland" is lavishly illustrated with fine examples of classic scripts and illuminations. see all copies from $30.96! new only from $30.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	An Anthology of Irish Literature more books like this by David H Greene (Editor) add to wishlist Most anthologies of Irish literature deal only with Irish literature in English, that which is gerally referred to as Anglo-Irish literature. Most of them also deal only with Irish writers of the twentieth century. "An Anthology of Irish Literature" is an exception to both these tendencies. The selections represent Irish literature from the ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
5	The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature more books like this by Robert Welch (Editor) add to wishlist The literature of Ireland, written in both Irish and English, displays an exceptional richness and diversity. This concise companion surveys the Irish literary landscape across sixteen centuries up to the present, describing its features and landmarks. Entries range from Ogam writing, developed in the 4th century, to the fiction, poetry, and drama ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $54.66! \| first editions
6	The world of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946 more books like this by Professor Lois Gordon add to wishlist Samuel Beckett, whose play "Waiting for Godot" was one of the most influential works for the post-World War II generation, has long been identified with the debilitated and impotent characters he created. In this book, Lois Gordon offers a new perspective on Beckett, challenging the prevalent image of him as reclusive, self-absorbed and disturbed. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.41! \| first editions
7	The doctor and the devils more books like this by Dylan Thomas add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Folktales of Ireland more books like this by Sean O'Sullivan (Translator) add to wishlist Few countries can boast such a plentitude of traditional folktales as Ireland. In 1935, the creation of The Irish Folklore Commission set in motion the first organized efforts of collecting and studying a multitude of folktales, both written as well as those of the Irish oral tradition. The Commission has collected well over a million pages of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	For the Love of Ireland more books like this by Susan Cahill (Editor) add to wishlist This literary travel companion introduces readers to the Ireland known and loved by writers such as Jonathan Swift, Samuel Beckett, and Roddy Doyle. Organized according to province, this unique guidebook bring readers and writers together on a common journey. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.21! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Wee Girls more books like this by Lizz Murphy (Editor) add to wishlist A moving collection of poetry, fiction and a utobiography Wee Girls draws upon the enormous amount of lit erature produced by Irish women writers throughout the Engli sh-speaking world. ' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.82! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Conversing with Angels and Ancients: The Literary Myths of Medieval Ireland more books like this by Joseph Falaky Nagy add to wishlist How does a written literature come into being within an oral culture, and how does such a literature achieve and maintain its authority? Joseph Falaky Nagy addresses those issues in his wide-ranging reading of the medieval literature of Ireland, from the writings of St. Patrick to the epic tales about the warrior Cu Chulainn. These texts, written ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $15.75! \| first editions
12	A Text Book of Irish Literature more books like this by Eleanor Hull add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. Historical Probability of the Fenian Legend. Before examining the separate tales more closely, let us return for a moment to the traditions of Fionn's ... see all copies from $4.93! new only from $7.98! \| first editions
13	Irish Comic Tradition more books like this by Vivian Mercier add to wishlist see all copies from $4.64! new only from $70.75! \| first editions
14	The Kiltartan Poetry Book more books like this by Lady Gregory add to wishlist As to the Seven Heavens that are around the earth, the first of them is the bright cloudy heaven that is the nearest and that has shining out of it the moon and the scattering of stars. Beyond that are two flaming heavens, angels are in them and the breaking loose of winds. Beyond those an ice-cold heaven, bluer than any blue, seven times colder ... see all copies from $8.92! new only from $8.92! \| SVS
15 view cover	Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland more books like this by Anthony Bradley (Editor), Maryann Valiulis (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of essays focuses on issues of gender and sexuality in Irish history, biography, language, literature and drama. While the contributors employ a variety of methodological and critical perspectives, they share the conviction that the gendering of Ireland - not only of the nation, but of actual Irish men and women - is a construction ... see all copies from $3.26! new only from $46.76! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Story of Early Gaelic Literature more books like this by Douglas Hyde add to wishlist see all copies from $17.81! new only from $17.81! \| SVS
17	Irish Times: Temporalities of Modernity more books like this by David Lloyd add to wishlist see all copies from $37.33! new only from $75.47!
18	Early Irish Literature more books like this by Myles Dillon add to wishlist see all copies from $6.70! new only from $19.55! \| first editions
19	The Penguin companion to English literature. more books like this by David Daiches add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Poets and Dreamers: Studies and Translations from the Irish more books like this by Gregory add to wishlist Lady Augusta Gregory (born Isabella Augusta Persse) (1852-1932), was an Irish dramatist and folklorist and writer of pamphlets, prose, memoirs, short stories and poems. With W. B. Yeats and others, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrote numerous works for both companies. She also produced a number of books of ... see all copies from $13.48! new only from $13.48!
21 view cover	Language and Conquest in Early Modern Ireland: English Renaissance Literature and Elizabethan Imperial Expansion more books like this by Patricia Ann Palmer add to wishlist The Elizabethan conquest of Ireland sparked off two linguistic events of enduring importance: it initiated the language shift from Irish to English, which constitutes the great drama of Irish cultural history, and it marked the beginnings of English linguistic expansion. The Elizabethan colonisers in Ireland included some of the leading poets and ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $79.91! \| first editions
22 view cover	Literary tour of Ireland more books like this by Elizabeth Healy add to wishlist The age-old Irish preoccupation with place gave rise to a whole genre of Gaelic literature devoted exclusively to place-lore. That sense has permeated Irish and Anglo-Irish literature down to the present day. Intended as a practical guide to places with which poets and novelists have been associated, and some which have given rise to legends, this ... see all copies from $9.15! new only from $17.92! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Inventing Ireland more books like this by Declan Kiberd add to wishlist An account of the personalities and texts--English and Irish alike--that reinvented Ireland as a self-conscious cultural entity after centuries of colonialism. Kiberd, a professor of English at University College, Dublin, is the author of "Synge and the Irish Language". see all copies from $7.39! new only from $35.00! \| SVS
24	Irish Blessings93 Ed more books like this by Pat Fairon, Chronicle Books, Joanna Martin (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
25 view cover	An Anthology of Irish Literature (Vol. 1) more books like this by Professor Richard Green, Daniel Calder, David H Greene (Editor) add to wishlist Contains selections of Irish prose and poetry which represent this nation's literary heritage. see all copies from $9.14! new only from $20.00! \| SVS

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