The Oxford book of Ireland / edited by Patricia Craig
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #339728
ISBN: 0192142615
Physical description; xvi, 514 pages : maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Map of Dublin -- Map of Ireland -- Character of Ireland -- Dublin of the old statues -- Brighter life -- Hoary with history -- Dirty streets and proud people -- In my childhood trees were green -- An ulster twilight -- Bitter memories -- Nation of lunaticks! -- Irish question -- Fields beyond the house -- Brown rain falling heavily -- Thick and bloody fight -- Amazing power of emblems -- Famish'd land -- Farewell to barn and stack and tree -- Ancestral houses -- Western landscape -- Puritan Ireland -- Sean-nos/old style -- Stereophonic nightmare -- War against the past -- Acknowledgements -- Index of authors. Subjects; Irish literature. English literature Irish authors. Authors, Irish. English literature Irish authors. Ireland ; Literary collections. Ireland ; Literary collections. Irlande Civilisation Anthologies. Ireland ; Literary collections. English literature -- Irish authors. Ireland -- Literary collections. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Literary collections. Literature.
Price: €25.00