Modern Irish Literature: Sources and Founders (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198120742)

Modern Irish Literature marks the culmination of the lifetime interest of the distinguished scholar Vivian Mercier (1919-89) in the influence of Gaelic literature on modern Irish writing. Building on the insights developed in his classic The Irish Comic Tradition, Mercier's focus here is on the research of nineteenth-century scholars which gave rise to the revival of Irish literature in English. Separate chapters analyzing the work of writers including Bernard Shaw, Yeats, Synge, Joyce, and Beckett build to provide a fresh and timely picture of Irish literary tradition. Informed by a wealth and diversity of scholarship, and written in a highly accessible style, this book is a major contribution to the study of Irish literature.

Author: Vivian Mercier
ISBN-10: 0198120745
ISBN-13: 9780198120742
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Language: English
Published: 06/16/1994
Pages: 398
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d