Literary Studies

Bo Almqvist
30 Nov 2012 · Hardback

Professor O Cathain is widely known for his contribution to Irish and international folkloristics and the many ways in which...

Ann Chapman
15 Sep 2011 · Hardback

Our knowledge of Cleopatra, one of the most famous woman in antiquity, comes from Plutarch's description of her. Plutarch, whose...

Philip O'Leary
30 Mar 2011 · Hardback

Explores the evolving ideology that inspired the successful campaign of writers such as Ciaran and Brian O Nuallain, and Cathal...

Sarah E. McKibben
25 Oct 2010 · Hardback

Drawing on feminist, postcolonial and gender theory, this work argues for the ideological, representational and linguistic complexity of early modern...

Tim Conley
12 May 2010 · Hardback

From philosophically informed exegeses and the various conceptions of international modernism to considerations of dance, film, and the flourishing field...

Philip O'Leary
01 Apr 2010 · Hardback

Although the 1940s are often seen as a period of lowered post-Renaissance expectations for Irish writers of English, they were...

W.J. Mc Cormack
01 Mar 2010 · Hardback

W B Yeats went to great lengths to design his self-image which biographers have been slow to challenge. This study...

Janet Clare
22 Feb 2010 · Paperback

There is a long history in Ireland of performing, studying and responding to Shakespeare's plays. This title explores the responses...

Patrick Pearse
18 Feb 2009 · Paperback

Offers a translation of Patrick Pearse's ten stories that provide a sympathetic portrayal of life in Connemara....

Hugh Kenner
05 Jun 2008 · Hardback

Contains the letters written to each other by the renowned Joyce scholars, Hugh Kenner and Adaline Glasheen, between 1953 and...

Andrew Fitzsimons
06 May 2008 · Hardback

Offers a chronological journey through the structural and thematic development of Thomas Kinsella's poetic writing. This book shows that his...

Andrew Fitzsimons
06 May 2008 · Paperback

Offers a chronological journey through the structural and thematic development of Thomas Kinsella's poetic writing. This book shows that his...

Phyllis Gaffney
02 Apr 2008 · Hardback

Rick Caldicott is known for his work on the seventeenth century, especially theatre. This book provides a tribute to him....

Brian Cosgrove
08 Oct 2007 · Hardback

Aims to validate a reading of Joyce in negative terms. Central to this enquiry is an examination of the roles...

Anne Dolan
01 Oct 2007 · Paperback

Robert Emmet's life, death, and immediate elevation into the pantheon of Irish nationalist heroes are well known. This work includes...

James Walton
22 Mar 2007 · Paperback

Follows the course of Sheridan Le Fanu's attraction to the void, and his resistance to it, from the beginning to...

James Walton
22 Mar 2007 · Hardback

Follows the course of Sheridan Le Fanu's attraction to the void, and his resistance to it, from the beginning to...

D.P. Moran
06 Dec 2006 · Paperback

Addresses the Catholic professional class educated in secondary schools run by religious orders. This book shows that the Gaelic Revival...