A Story of the Cold War, the New Left, Irish Republicanism, and Internat
Why would an American girl-child, born into a good, Irish-Catholic family in the thick of the McCarthy era - a girl who, when she came of age, entered a convent - morph into an atheist, feminist, and Marxist?
A Story of the Cold War, the New Left, Irish Republicanism, and Internat
Why would an American girl-child, born into a good, Irish-Catholic family in the thick of the McCarthy era - a girl who, when she came of age, entered a convent - morph into an atheist, feminist, and Marxist?
This collection of essays brings together innovative scholarship on Shakespeare's afterlives in tribute to Christy Desmet. Contributors explore the production and consumption of Shakespeare in acts of adaptation and appropriation across a range of performance topics, from book history to the novel to television, cinema, and digital media.
Pinter's World presents an analysis based on recently published biographies and reminiscences and extensive consultation of Pinter's archive at the British Library, of his friendships, and obsessions. Topics extend beyond the subject's drama and screen plays, to his prose, journalism, poetry, letters, and artistic endeavors.
Placing Charlotte Smith offers new insights into how Romantic-era author Charlotte Smith expressed a cosmopolitan vision of place in an era of intense nationalism. The authors examine Smith's place as a writer in her time and the way she helped to make "place" a thing of social and literary importance.
Mary O Malleys ninth collection moves between two landscapes, that of the West of Ireland and the East coast of America. The first section opens with an elegy for a poet and moves through the familiar geography of a house and its hinterland, and ends with a celebration of the redemptive power of music, one of two motifs that run through the ......
This compact, pocket-sized Ireland travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips, who want to make sure they experience the destination's highlights. The book includes highly practical, ready-made walks and tours that allow you to organise your short break in Ireland without losing time planning. This Ireland pocket guidebook covers: ......
This book examines the complicity of landscape and the implications of mayhem, murder, and suicide in The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen edited by Angus Wilson and The Bazaar and Other Stories edited by Alan Hepburn and provides a comprehensive analysis of all currently available Elizabeth Bowen short stories centered on violence.
