Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture
by: James S Donnelly
Volumes I-II
Written for a broad audience of students, academics and general
readers. It spans prehistoric times to the present and treats both the
Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in detail.
The impact of
the Irish upon the arts, popular culture, scholarship, and politics has
been immense. Literature in English cannot be fully understood without
consideration of James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett,
Seamus Heaney, among others. The Irish struggle for independence in the
early twentieth century, and the strife that continues today over
north-south question, have received international attention and
concern. The Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture is written for a
broad audience of students, academics, and general readers. It spans
prehistoric times to the present, and examines both the Republic of
Ireland and Northern Ireland in detail. It offers, in A-Z format, 25
long, thematic articles on politics, economics, religion, the arts, and
society; 200 mid-length entries on key movements, periods,
institutions, and cities; and 175 succinct articles on specific people,
groups, and events. Entries represent an inclusive, cross-disciplinary
approach, written by specialists in history, archaeology, anthropology,
geography, politics, economics, the Irish and English languages and
literatures, the visual arts, and other fields.
