Literature: History & Criticism

The book also includes the transcript of an interview of Toibin conducted by his former Magill associate, Fintan O'Toole.

Ella Young (1867-1956), an Irish storyteller of Celtic heroes and magic curses, had a fascinating, overlooked life story.

Politically risky, stylistically innovative, and wonderfully entertaining, the novel changes the focus of conflict in Ireland from religion to class, and boldly predicts the rise of the Irish Catholic bourgeoisie.

A vivid collection of first-hand experiences, a tribute to a remarkable novelist, poet and dramatist.

For this edition Jeri Johnson, editor of the acclaimed Ulysses 1922 text, has written an introduction and notes which together provide a comprehensive and illuminating appreciation of Joyce's artistry.

Maurice Harmon’s essays provide authoritative readings of Irish writers and their work over three centuries.

2003 1st Edition Hardback

Hungry Words will seek to dispel this myth that Irish authors and Irish culture have, deliberately avoided engagements with the Famine by tracing the Famine's influence on the works of mainstream authors from throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century.

What Shakespeare Stole From Rome analyses the multiple ways Shakespeare used material from Roman history and Latin poetry in his plays and poems.

Goethe's story of a sensitive young artist alienated from society channelled the Romantic sensibility of the day and led to a wave of imitations. David Constantine's new translation captures the novel's lyric clarity, and his introduction and notes illuminate Goethe's achievement.

This major new edition of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy of love argues that that play is ultimately Juliet's.