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Description for The Derry Anthology
Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated. Nice copy. Irish Local Hisrory. Derry
Derry, with its long tradition of learning, its turbulent history and its cross-fertilisation of Irish, English and Scottish cultures has always been a fertile ground for writing. This handsome new anthology, a sister volume to Patricia Craig's acclaimed Belfast Anthology, presents a wealth of writing about Derry city from earliest times to the present and includes fascinating extracts from fiction, history, poetry, letters and travel writing. The wide range of writers hints at Derry's eventful past - from St Columbkille through to John Wesley, William Thackeray and Mrs Alexander. In more recent times, writers like Sean O Faolain, Ben Kiely, ... Read more
Derry, with its long tradition of learning, its turbulent history and its cross-fertilisation of Irish, English and Scottish cultures has always been a fertile ground for writing. This handsome new anthology, a sister volume to Patricia Craig's acclaimed Belfast Anthology, presents a wealth of writing about Derry city from earliest times to the present and includes fascinating extracts from fiction, history, poetry, letters and travel writing. The wide range of writers hints at Derry's eventful past - from St Columbkille through to John Wesley, William Thackeray and Mrs Alexander. In more recent times, writers like Sean O Faolain, Ben Kiely, ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856407260
SKU
KEX0291965
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Paperback
SEAN McMAHON has written or edited over forty books including The Best of the Bell, A Book of Irish Quotations, A Short History of Ireland, Rich and Rare, The Poolbeg Book of Children's Verse and Sam Hanna Bell; A Boigraphy. He also reviews for, among others, the Irish Independent.
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