THE UNAPPEASABLE HOST.
by Tracy, Robert,
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good in illustrated wrappers.
- ISBN 10
- 190062107X
- ISBN 13
- 9781900621076
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About This Item
Dublin:: University College,, (1998). First edition -. Very good in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A collection of 16 essays, "each and all marked by a vast knowledge of Ireland and its writers, by penetrating insights, and perceptive analysis." They reveal "how Anglo-Irish writers founded modern Irish literature in English, identifying themselves with their native country and its people. Yet they often felt themselves surrounded and watched by an 'Unappeasable Host,' a population that resented them." Among the topics and authors covered are the colonial novel and works by Maria Edgeworth, Sheridan Le Fanu, Yeats, Synge, James Joyce, and Elizabeth Bowen among others. Bibliography, index, 380 pp.
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- Title
- THE UNAPPEASABLE HOST.
- Author
- Tracy, Robert,
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in illustrated wrappers.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 190062107X
- ISBN 13
- 9781900621076
- Publisher
- University College,
- Place of Publication
- Dublin:
- Date Published
- (1998)
- Keywords
- literary criticism, anglo-irish, sheridan le fanu, maria edgeworth, yeats, elizabeth bowen, essays,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ireland and Irish writers;
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