The Oxford Book of Ireland

Patricia Craig (Editor)

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Ireland is a country that arouses strong opinions: everyone has a view on its character, its foibles, its charm and its waywardness. It has inspired some of the best poetry and nurtured some of the best writers in the world, and in "The Oxford Book of Ireland" poets, novelists, artists, dramatists, historians, philosophers, peasants and aristocrats are brought together to celebrate and commemorate the nation and its people. Irish history lives more in the present than that of other countries, and there are constant reminders in these pages of past triumphs and tragedies, and their continuing impact on the national psyche. Conquest, famine, emigration, the decline of the language, the struggle for identity and independence are all charted here with a raw and passionate immediacy. Interwoven with episodes of national turbulence are lyrical sections on the Irish landscape and countryside, on the cities and the suburbs, the climate and the folk culture: high jinks and conviviality alongside reminiscence and disputation.
  • ISBN10 0192142615
  • ISBN13 9780192142610
  • Publish Date 28 May 1998
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 14 September 2001
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oxford University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 530
  • Language English