A text book of Irish literature: Part II

By Eleanor Hull

Book Overview

Where does modern Ireland begin on the page? Ireland speaks in many tongues. In Part II of Eleanor Hull's A Text Book of Irish Literature, the story of the Irish literary tradition is traced as it moves into the nineteenth century and on towards the early twentieth-century Irish writers who reshaped national imagination. Written as an irish literature textbook yet alive to beauty and argument, it offers a literary history survey that connects Gaelic and Anglo-Irish writing with the political, linguistic, and cultural pressures around it. Hull writes with a teacher's calm authority, and a reader's ear for cadence, legend, and the shock of new modern voices at every turn. Expect clear guidance through landmark Irish poetry and drama, major prose voices, and the currents that fed the Celtic Revival literature, with shrewd emphasis on what endures and why. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Hull's work remains a valued celtic studies reference and student reference and study aid: a critical guide irish literature students can return to for timelines, context, and perspective. For a college irish literature course, it supports informed reading; for the curious browser, it opens doors to 19th-century irish literature and its afterlives. For collectors of classics, it stands as a record of how Irish letters were first mapped for modern readers, and why that map still matters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353709105
• ISBN13: 9789353709105
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"