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Irish Essays
Denis Donoghue
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Description for Irish Essays
Paperback. Essential reading for all those interested in Irish literature and culture and its far-reaching effects on the world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Denis Donoghue has been a key figure in Irish studies and an important public intellectual in Ireland, the UK and US throughout his career. These essays represent the best of his writing and operate in conversation with one another. He probes the questions of Irish national and cultural identity that underlie the finest achievements of Irish writing in all genres. Together, the essays form an unusually lively and far-reaching study of three crucial Irish writers – Swift, Yeats and Joyce – together with other voices including Mangan, Beckett, Trevor, McGahern and Doyle. Donoghue's forceful arguments, deep engagement with the critical ... Read more
Denis Donoghue has been a key figure in Irish studies and an important public intellectual in Ireland, the UK and US throughout his career. These essays represent the best of his writing and operate in conversation with one another. He probes the questions of Irish national and cultural identity that underlie the finest achievements of Irish writing in all genres. Together, the essays form an unusually lively and far-reaching study of three crucial Irish writers – Swift, Yeats and Joyce – together with other voices including Mangan, Beckett, Trevor, McGahern and Doyle. Donoghue's forceful arguments, deep engagement with the critical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521187282
SKU
9780521187282
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About Denis Donoghue
Denis Donoghue is University Professor and Henry James Chair of English and American Letters at New York University.
Reviews for Irish Essays
'It is a pleasure to read criticism and cultural analysis of this elevated kind … [Donoghue] is silver-tongued in capturing ideas, unlocking literary meanings and honouring the imagination.' The Times Literary Supplement