Finding Ireland: A Poet's Explorations of Irish Literature and Culture

by Richard Tillinghast

Book Overview

Richard Tillinghast, a celebrated American poet and critic, lived for a year in Ireland in the early 1990s and then returned each year until he became a resident in 2005. From an insider/outsider perspective, he writes vividly and evocatively about the land and people of his adopted home, its culture, its literature, and its long, complex history.

Tillinghast orients the reader to Ireland as it is today. Following its entry into the European...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268042322
• ISBN13: 9780268042325
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"