An Irish Literature Reader
Poetry, Prose, Drama

James J MacKillop (Author)

9780815630463

Paperback / softback, published 10 July 2006

555 pages
23.2 x 17.1 x 3 cm, 0.846 kg

In a volume that has become a standard text in Irish studies, editors Maureen ORourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature, including old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs and a selection of nineteenth-century prose and poetry. For each author the editors provide a biographical sketch, a brief discussion of how his or her selections relate to a larger body of work, and a selected bibliography. In addition, this revised volume also includes a larger sampling of women writers.