Modern Irish Literature Sources and Founders |
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| Author:
| Mercier, Vivian |
| Editor:
| Dillon, Eilís |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-812074-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1994 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $246.00AUD $223.64 |
Book Description:
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This is a major study of modern Irish literature by the distinguished scholar Vivian Mercier (1919-1989). Through highly readable analyses of such major figures as Yeats, Synge, Shaw, Joyce, and Beckett, Mercier shows how these writers made use of a Gaelic literary heritage to create a confident new tradition which has become the basis of modern Irish writing in English.
This is a major study of modern Irish literature by the distinguished scholar Vivian Mercier (1919-1989). Through highly readable analyses of such major figures as Yeats, Synge, Shaw, Joyce, and Beckett, Mercier shows how these writers made use of a Gaelic literary heritage to create a confident new tradition which has become the basis of modern Irish writing in English.