Irish literature Summary

In the following essay, Deane presents an overview of Irish literature between 1940 and 1980. Fiction In the thirties and forties of this century, a number of writers emerge whose careers as artist... Read more

In the following excerpt, Teevan focuses on Greek tragedy adaptations in the Irish theater and poetry. “Each nation … fashion[s] a classical Greece in its own image.” ... Read more

In the following essay, Harmon presents a brief overview of the Irish novelists Patrick Boyle, Edna O' Brien, John Broderick, Richard Power, and Andrew Ganly. So much attention has been give... Read more

In the following essay, Freyer examines the fiction of Liam O'Flaherty, Sean O'Faolain, and John McGahern. The English upper classes have an irritatingly patronizing way of saying: &#... Read more

In the following essay, Cahalan discusses the fiction of Benedict Kiely, Brian Moore, John McGahern, Aidan Higgins, John Banville, William Trevor, James Plunkett, Edna O'Brien, Janet McNeill, I... Read more

In the following essay, Ingersoll discusses humor in the works of James Joyce, Flann O' Brien, and Bryan MacMahon. Modern Irish literature has had its share of great poems, novels, and plays... Read more

In the following essay, Imhof examines the fiction of Sean O'Faolain, Sebastian Barry, Dermot Bolger, Aidan Higgins, Kevin Kiely, Aidan Mathews, Brian McHale, and Robert McLiam Wilson. In Se... Read more

In the following essay, Torchiana compares the poetry of John Montague, Richard Murphy, Austin Clarke, and Thomas Kinsella. Contemporary Irish poetry written in English can show nothing comparable ... Read more

In the following essay, Johnston compares works by Thomas Kinsella, John Montague, Richard Murphy, Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Seamus Deane, Richard Ryan, and Paul Muldoon. But the stupidity Of roo... Read more

In the following essay, Frazier presents an overview of Irish poetry after W. B. Yeats's death, focusing on Austin Clarke, Patrick Kavanagh, Ciarán Carson, Michael Longley, and Derek Mah... Read more

In the following essay, Brown discusses the poetry of Northern Ireland poets Michael Longley, Seamus Heaney, John Montague, and Derek Mahon. The first poem in a recent anthology Poets from the Nort... Read more

In the following essay, Drexel reviews works by Ciarán Carson, Medbh McGuckian, and Paul Muldoon. Fifty years after his death, Yeats's influence on Irish poetry is finally beginning t... Read more

In the following essay, Smyth examines feminist issues as presented in the poetry of several contemporary Irish female poets. The preoccupation with Irishness as the primary terrain of criticism ha... Read more

In the following essay, Schirmer examines the poetry of Irish women writers Sheila Wingfield, Blanaid Salkeld, Mary Devenport O'Neill, Maire MacEntee, and Eithne Strong. Irish women poets wr... Read more

In the following essay, Howard analyzes Maria Edgeworth's treatment of Irish issues in her 1814 Ormond. Howard demonstrates how in this novel, an increasingly larger gap between Edgeworth... Read more

In the following essay, Dunne defends Lady Morgan's work against charges that it is "wildly imaginative and essentially frivolous," arguing that her Irish novels combine realism w... Read more

In the following essay, Law surveys the novels written by the most prominent nineteenth-century Irish authors and comments on the strengths and weaknesses of these authors' major works. Poet... Read more

In the following essay, Krans examines the lives and works of novelists born in Ireland and raised as Catholics, discussing in particular how these novelists portrayed the lives and character of the I... Read more

In the following excerpt, Cronin analyzes several of Gerald Griffin's novels, demonstrating Griffin's interest in and deep compassion for the Irish peasantry. Cronin argues that while Gr... Read more