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Irish Literary Studies
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James Joyce: A Very Short Introduction€11.99
James Joyce is one of the greatest writers in English. His first book, A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man laid down the template for the Coming of Age novel, while his collection of short stories, Dubliners, is of perennial interest. His great modern epic, Ulysses, took the city of Dublin for its setting and all human life for its subject, and its publication in 1922 marked the beginning of the modern novel.
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Rebel Writers: The Accidental Feminists€16.99
ViceIn London in 1958, a play by a 19-year-old redefined women's writing in Britain. It also began a movement that would change women's lives forever. The play was A Taste of Honey and the author, Shelagh Delaney, was the first in a succession of young women who wrote about their lives with an honesty that dazzled the world.
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Patrick O'Brian : A Very Private Life€13.99
An intimate portrait of Patrick O'Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy. Patrick O'Brian was one of the greatest British novelists of the twentieth century, securing his place in literary history with the bestselling Aubrey-Maturin series, books that have sold millions of copies worldwide and been hailed as the best historical fiction of all time.
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Yeats Now : Echoing into Life€15.00
This book is a wonderful companion to the work of this significant poet. Hassett's writing provides an excellent frame of context through which to explore one of Ireland's greatest poets.
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On Seamus Heaney€18.99
A vivid and original account of one of Ireland's greatest poets by an acclaimed Irish historian and literary biographer.
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know : The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce€12.99
'A father, is a necessary evil.' Stephen Dedalus in UlyssesIn Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Colm Toibin turns his incisive gaze to three of Ireland's greatest writers, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James Joyce, and their earliest influences: their fathers.
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Notes to Self€12.99
I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid.
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John Mcgahern : Authority and Vision€24.00
This unique collection brings together essays by experts from a variety of disciplines, including history, sociology, education, journalism, creative writing and literary criticism, to offer new insights into the writer, his work and his legacy.