Of War and War's Alarms: Reflections on Modern Irish Writing

Dawe, Gerald

ISBN 10: 1782051767 / ISBN 13: 9781782051763

Published by Cork University Press, 2015

About this Item

Of War and War's Alarms is a unique study of war and revolution and their impact on the writing lives of Irish poets and novelists from WW1 and the Easter Rising through the War of Independence to the Spanish Civil War, WWII and the Northern 'Troubles'. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476. . 2015. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Of War and War's Alarms: Reflections on Modern Irish Writing
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782051767
• ISBN 13: 9781782051763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Of War and War's Alarms is a unique study of war and revolution and their impact on the writing lives of Irish poets and novelists from WWI and the Easter Rising through the War of Independence to the Spanish Civil War, WWII and the Northern "Troubles." These timely reflections on literature in wartime include such figures as W. B. Yeats, Thomas MacGreevy, Seamus Heaney along with Francis Ledwidge, Charles Donnelly and Padraic Fiacc, Benedict Kiely, William Trevor, John Hewitt and Christabel Bielenberg.

About the Author

Gerald Dawe is Professor of English at Trinity College Dublin and has published nine volumes of poetry including Selected Poems and Mickey Finn's Air.