{"product_id":"irish-essays-hardback-9781107006904","title":"Irish Essays (Hardback) 9781107006904","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIrish Essays\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssential reading for all those interested in Irish literature and culture and its far-reaching effects on the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDenis Donoghue (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107006904, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 April 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'It is a pleasure to read criticism and cultural analysis of this elevated kind … [Donoghue] is silver-tongued in capturing ideas, unlocking literary meanings and honouring the imagination.' The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDenis Donoghue has been a key figure in Irish studies and an important public intellectual in Ireland, the UK and US throughout his career. These essays represent the best of his writing and operate in conversation with one another. He probes the questions of Irish national and cultural identity that underlie the finest achievements of Irish writing in all genres. Together, the essays form an unusually lively and far-reaching study of three crucial Irish writers – Swift, Yeats and Joyce – together with other voices including Mangan, Beckett, Trevor, McGahern and Doyle. Donoghue's forceful arguments, deep engagement with the critical tradition, buoyant prose and extensive learning are all exemplified in this collection. This book is essential reading for all those interested in Irish literature and culture and its far-reaching effects on the world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Ireland: 1. Race, nation, state\u003cbr\u003e Part II. On Swift: 2. Reading Gulliver's Travels\u003cbr\u003e 3. Swift and the association of ideas\u003cbr\u003e Part III. On Yeats: 4. Three presences: Yeats, Eliot, Pound\u003cbr\u003e 5. The occult Yeats\u003cbr\u003e 6. Yeats's Shakespeare\u003cbr\u003e 7. Yeats: trying to be modern\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. On Joyce: 8. A plain approach to Ulysses\u003cbr\u003e 9. Joyce and the revolution of the word\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Other Occasions: 10. Mangan\u003cbr\u003e 11. Beckett in Foxrock\u003cbr\u003e 12. William Trevor\u003cbr\u003e 13. John McGahern\u003cbr\u003e 14. The early Roddy Doyle\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary companions, book reviews \u0026amp; guides [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary companions, book reviews \u0026amp; guides\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20companions,%20book%20reviews%20\u0026amp;%20guides%20%5BDSRC%5D%22\"\u003eDSRC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary essays [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary essays\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20essays%20%5BDNF%5D%22\"\u003eDNF\u003c\/a\u003e], Prose: non-fiction [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Prose: non-fiction\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Prose:%20non-fiction%20%5BDN%5D%22\"\u003eDN\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20%5BDC%5D%22\"\u003eDC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265449316632,"sku":"9781107006904","price":79.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107006904i.jpg?v=1692022992","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/irish-essays-hardback-9781107006904","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}