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The Spire: and Other Essays in Modern Irish Culture
Bruce Arnold
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Bruce Arnold has been one of Ireland's leading journalists and critics for over 40 years. In this selection of some of his most memorable essays and articles, Arnold casts his expert eye on Irish literature, art and contemporary culture. The book is divided into three sections, with the first section covering broad cultural issues, including the title essay, The Spire , plus essays on the Charlton years, Riverdance and a moving tribute to Jack Lynch. The second section focuses on literature and includes essays on Brendan Kennelly, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney, among others. The third section covers art ... Read more
Bruce Arnold has been one of Ireland's leading journalists and critics for over 40 years. In this selection of some of his most memorable essays and articles, Arnold casts his expert eye on Irish literature, art and contemporary culture. The book is divided into three sections, with the first section covering broad cultural issues, including the title essay, The Spire , plus essays on the Charlton years, Riverdance and a moving tribute to Jack Lynch. The second section focuses on literature and includes essays on Brendan Kennelly, Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney, among others. The third section covers art ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The Liffey Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781904148364
SKU
KNW0010259
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99-1
About Bruce Arnold
Bruce Arnold is a writer and journalist based in Dublin. In addition to a distinguished career as a political correspondent for the Irish Independent, he is the author of 14 books, including biographical studies of Charles Haughey and Margaret Thatcher, and studies on Irish cultural matters, including a Concise History of Irish Art and works on Jack Yeats and Sir ... Read more
Reviews for The Spire: and Other Essays in Modern Irish Culture
If he has tilted at many distinctive features of Irish life he does not welcome the Ireland 'of his youthful dreams and fledgling experiences' being watered down and changed, a country whose shedding of history, religion and national identity is symbolised by the meaningless monster spire in O'Connell Street to which he devotes the first article in this book. If ... Read more