Irish Writers on Writing

by Eavan Boland

Book Overview

What does it mean to be a writer in the context of a country's centuries of uncertainty and upheaval? How does an Irish writer define Irish writing? The writers here, who range from early legends like Yeats to modern masters like Roddy Doyle, address these questions through their sources: the land, the Church, the past, and changing politics and literary styles. The book begins with William Yeats and Augusta Gregory's dazzling meditations on the founding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595340327
• ISBN13: 9781595340320
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Trinity University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"