Anglo-Irish and Irish Litertature Aspects of Language and Culture Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature Held at Uppsala University, 4-7 August, 1986 Two Volumes

Bramsback, Birgit/Croghan, Martin (Eds.) (SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY)

Published by Uppsala, Uppsala, 1988

About this Item

Pp. (1) (9), 228; (2) (9), 273. Spines and cover edges faded. Occasional stains and marks. Else good. The first leaf is signed and inscrbed "For Lorna Reynolds with best wishes Birgit B." Lorna Reynolds (1911-2003) who lectured English at University College Dublin. In 1966 she became Professor in Modern English at University College Galway. She wrote poetry and a critical biography of Kate O'Brien with whom she was a good friend. At UCD among her contemporaries were Flann O'Brien, Mary Lavin, Cyril Cusack. Among her European colleagues were Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and others. She was a good cook and a frequent visitor to Italy. She was a highly respected educator, lecturer and a forceful personality. Herself and Kate O'Brien were close friends.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anglo-Irish and Irish Litertature Aspects of Language and Culture Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature Held at Uppsala University, 4-7 August, 1986 Two Volumes
• Publisher: Uppsala, Uppsala
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anglo-Irish Literature 120
  • I
  • L42