ireland in literature

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of William Trevor.

Provides an in-depth critical introduction to the short stories of William Trevor. Includes a detailed analyses of every significant story, biographical information, a chronology of the artist's life and works, and a representative selection of critical responses.

Provides an in-depth critical introduction to the short stories of Sean O'Faolain. Includes a detailed analyses of every significant story, biographical information, a chronology of the artist's life and works, and a representative selection of critical responses.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Brian Friel.

Contains a plot summary and character list for James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," as well as a thematic and structural analysis of his novel "Ulysses," both with a selection of critical essays; and includes biographical information about the author.

Examines the first editions of Yeats' 1897 collection of short stories, The Secret Rose, and his 1899 compilation of lyrics and ballads, The Wind Among the Reeds, as well as unpublished manuscripts and notebooks in the Yeats collection of the National Library of Ireland.

Presents 145 poems, four plays, and over forty prose fiction, folklore, autobiographical, and critical writings by W. B. Yeats and over thirty critical pieces on his works, including reviews by his contemporaries and later essays, as well as explanatory notes, a chronology, a textual appendix, and a selected bibliography.

Provides a representative selection of critical essays on the works of Northern Irish poet Seamus Heaney, and includes a biographical profile, thematic and structural analyses, an index of themes and ideas, and a bibliography.