Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of the Irish Revival : an anthology of Irish cultural and political writings 1891-1922 / edited by Declan Kiberd and P.J. Mathews.

Publication

• Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2016.
• ©2015

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kiberd, Declan
• Mathews, P. J. (Patrick J.), 1969-

Subject

• Ireland > Intellectual life > 20th century
• Ireland > Intellectual life > 19th century
• Ireland > Social life and customs > 20th century
• Ireland > Social conditions > 20th century
• Ireland > Social conditions > 19th century
• English literature > Irish authors

Note

• "First published in 2015 by Abbey Theatre Press, Dublin, Ireland" -- Title page verso

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

JFE 16-12290

ISBN

• 9780268101305
• 0268101302
• 9780268101312
• 0268101310

LCCN

2016024810

OCLC

948560455

Title

Handbook of the Irish Revival : an anthology of Irish cultural and political writings 1891-1922 / edited by Declan Kiberd and P.J. Mathews.

Publisher

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2015

Description

505 pages ; 23 cm

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Summary

"The Irish Revival of 1891 to 1922 was an extraordinary era of literary achievement and political ferment. This period generated not only a remarkable crop of poets and writers but also a range of innovative political thinkers and activists. The contributors to this period exchanged ideas and opinions about what Ireland was and could become, yet much of this discourse remains out of print, some of these voices almost forgotten. Handbook of the Irish Revival: An Anthology of Irish Cultural and Political Writings 1891-1922 collects for the first time many of the essays, articles, and letters by renowned figures such as James Joyce, Maud Gonne, W. B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Sean O'Casey, and J. M. Synge, among others. The anthology also contains pieces by less well-known individuals such as Stopford A. Brooke, Mary Colum, and Helena Molony. Many of the lesser known texts contextualize the social, political, and cultural lives, values, and aspirations of those involved in and on the periphery of the Revivalist movement. The introduction and commentary by Declan Kiberd and P. J. Mathews convey the ideas of a brilliant generation that, in spite of difficulty and demoralization, audaciously shaped a modern Ireland. Divided into sixteen sections covering issues as diverse as literature, religion, drama, education, women's rights, and the 1916 Rising, this is the ultimate reference book for anyone with an interest in Irish literature and history. "My hope is that in reading these pieces readers will be encouraged to go on to engage with the writers involved in more depth. What the editors have done is to have saved for us the evidence of some of the most sensitive, idealistic, often combative people of an extraordinary set of decades that ended a century of devastation and began a new century that presented both a promise and a set of conflicts whose consequences would endure into our own times." --Michael D. Higgins, The President of Ireland, from the book"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Kiberd, Declan, editor.

Mathews, P. J. (Patrick J.), 1969- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Handbook of the Irish Revival Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2016 9780268101329 (DLC) 2016035747

Research Call Number

JFE 16-12290