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.
The Routledge History of Literature in English - Britain and Ireland
This new guide to the main developments in the history of
British and Irish Literature uniquely charts some of the main features of
literary language development and highlights key language topics. Clearly
structured and highly readable, unlike traditional histories of literature it
spans over a thousand years of literary history from AD 600 to the present day.
It emphasises the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and
changing characteristics, and includes literature from the margins, both
geographical and cultural.
Key features of the book are:
* an up-to-date guide to the major periods of literature in English in Britain
and Ireland
* extensive coverage of post-1945 literature
* language notes spanning AD 600 to the present
* extensive quotations from poetry, prose and drama
* a timeline of the important historical and political events
This will be essential reading for all students of English literature and
language.
A Coloring Book of Ancient Ireland
By Wendy Alpern Stein
A child's history of ancient Irish art, with droll Celtic people and animals admist ancient mazes and patterns. From 8th and 9th century artifacts and the Books of Durrow and Kells.
