The Oxford Book of Ireland

Buch | Hardcover

530 Seiten

1998
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-214261-0 (ISBN)

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Everyone has a view on Ireland's character, its foibles, its charm and its waywardness. In this text, poets, novelists, artists, dramatists, historians, philosophers, peasants and aristocrats are brought together to celebrate and commemorate the Irish nation and its people.

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.

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

Introduction. The Character of Ireland. Dublin of the Old Statues. A Brighter Life. Hoary with History. Dirty Streets and Proud People. In My Childhood Trees Were Green. An Ulster Twilight. Bitter Memories. A Nation of Lunaticks!. The Irish Question. The Fields Beyond the House. Brown Rain Falling Heavily. The Thick and Bloody Fight. The Amazing Power of Emblems. The Famish'd Lane. Farewell to Barn and Stack and Tree. Ancestral Houses. Western Landscape. Puritan Ireland. Sean nos/Old Style. The Stereophonic Nightmare. The War Against the Past. Acknowledgements. Index of Authors

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.5.1998
Zusatzinfo	2 maps, index
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 230 mm
Gewicht	1098 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Bildbände ► Europa ► Irland
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-19-214261-5 / 0192142615
ISBN-13	978-0-19-214261-0 / 9780192142610
Zustand	Neuware