Oscar Wilde was the most famous gay Irishman and Oscar's Shadow deals with Wilde and his homosexuality within the context of Ireland and of Irish cultural perceptions of his sexuality. The book invest
Cissie Hamm, abattoir owner and guest house landlady, was a ray of light in the puddle-grey town of Waterford in the 1960s and 1970s. Eibhear's personal voyage takes us through his childhood city but
Colm Toibin published his first book in 1985 and, in the three decades since, has been a central voice within popular Irish cultural and intellectual discourse. Toibin is one of the most widely read a
Her family had been settled in Farrahy in North Cork for nearly two hundred years by the time of her birth in 1899 and her fiction reflects this long and difficult history between landlord and landsca
This collection of essays charts the creative life of one of the most important and successful novelists in the twentieth-century, the Anglo Irish writer, Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973). Chapter by chapt
Essays by 15 contributors--academics, authors, critics--assess how the violent period of Irish history known as the Troubles was represented in literature, theater, film, and television drama. The vol
Keane produced a series of successful novels starting when she was only in her early twenties, and she managed to write a series of West End hits as well from 1938 to 1961. For the next twenty years s
This collection of essays is the first extensive exploration of the history and practice of teaching creative writing as a distinct discipline in Ireland. The volume presents insights and contribution
