Thomas Macgreevy and the Rise of the Irish Avant-Garde

by Francis Hutton-Williams

Thomas MacGreevy and the Rise of the Irish Avant-Garde examines MacGreevy's central role in the development of Irish culture from the arrival of national independence in 1922 to the moment of programmatic modernisation during the early 1960s. It makes a strong case for the reassessment of his achievement across the full range of his activities as poet, First World War combatant, Irish nationalist, art critic and curator, sponsor of abstract art and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782053565
• ISBN13: 9781782053569
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.3" x 5.7"