Since Irish writers first began to write in English, their presence on the stage of world literature has been remarkable, culminating in the Nobel Prizes awarded to Yeats, Shaw, Beckett and Heaney. This pocket history traces the long list of Irish dramatists, poets, novelists and short-story writers from Swift to the end of the 20th century. The book incorporates writers such as Synge, O'Casey, Beckett, Friel, Edgeworth, Joyce, Bowen, O'Brien, O'Faolain, Doyle, Yeats and Durcan. The leading figures, and some of those who are less well-known, are placed in context, their works are listed, and commentary provides brief insights into their lives and work.
- ISBN10 0862785022
- ISBN13 9780862785024
- Publish Date 29 April 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 April 2007
- Publish Country IE
- Imprint O'Brien Press Ltd
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 160
- Language English