The Oxford Book of Ireland - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192142615 ISBN 13: 9780192142610

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1998

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Ireland is a country that arouses strong opinions: everyone has a view on its character, its foibles, its charm and its waywardness. It has inspired some of the best poetry and nurtured some of the best writers in the world, and in "The Oxford Book of Ireland" poets, novelists, artists, dramatists, historians, philosophers, peasants and aristocrats are brought together to celebrate and commemorate the nation and its people. Irish history lives more in the present than that of other countries, and there are constant reminders in these pages of past triumphs and tragedies, and their continuing impact on the national psyche. Conquest, famine, emigration, the decline of the language, the struggle for identity and independence are all charted here with a raw and passionate immediacy. Interwoven with episodes of national turbulence are lyrical sections on the Irish landscape and countryside, on the cities and the suburbs, the climate and the folk culture: high jinks and conviviality alongside reminiscence and disputation.

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A freelance writer and reviewer, Patricia Craig has edited The Oxford Books of English Detective Stories, Schooldays, Modern Women's Stories, and Travel Stories.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0192142615
• ISBN 13: 9780192142610
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 530
• Herausgeber: Craig Patricia
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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