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TenmillionIrishmen,womenandchildrenhaveleftIrelandandsettledabroadsince1700.Remarkably,thisfigureismore thantwicethepopulationoftheRepublicofIrelandtoday,itexceedsthepopulationoftheislandofIreland,anditis greaterthanthepopulationofIrelandatitspeakontheeveoftheGreatFamine.TheGlucksmanIrishDiasporaSeries focusesonIrishmigrantsinNorthAmericaandaroundtheworld,emphasizingtheglobalandimperialcontextsand connectionsattheheartofdiasporahistory.Booksexamininginteractionsandcomparisonsbetweenmigrantsintheir variouscountriesofsettlementfeatureprominently,asdoworksthatconsidertheAmericanIrishinconjunctionwith otherimmigrantgroupsintheUnitedStates.Eachbookintheseriesembedsstronghistoricalanalysisinagripping narrative.Majorthemesincludemigration,diaspora,empire,labor,religion,politics,andnationalism.Theseriesis publishedwiththesupportofGlucksmanIrelandHouse,thecenterforthestudyofIreland,IrishAmerica,andtheIrish diasporaatNewYorkUniversity.
HomewardBound
ReturnMigrationfromIrelandandIndiaattheEndofthe BritishEmpire
NiamhDillon
HomewardBound shinesalightonaneglectedaspectof twentieth-centurymigrationhistory.Itcomparestwogroupsof migrants—SouthernIrishProtestantsandtheBritishinIndia— who“returned”toBritainfromIrelandandIndiaafter independencein1922and1947.
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:TheGlucksmanIrishDiasporaSeries
December20221b&willus.256pp
9781479817313 £25.99 HB
Hereafter
TheTellingLifeofEllenO'Hara
VonaGroarke
"Agroundbreakingwayofinvestigatingatraumaticperiodin history,notonlyIrishhistory,butAmericanhistorytoo." - Colm Tóibín
"Hereafter wouldbeheartbreakingifitweren'tsobeautiful.As itis,itliftstheheart." - JohnBanville,authorof The Singularities
EllenO'HarawasayoungimmigrantfromIrelandattheendof thenineteenthcenturywho,withcourageandresilience,made alifeforherselfinNewYorkwhilefinanciallysupportingthose athome. Hereafter isherstory,toldbyVonaGroarke,her descendant,inabeautifulblendofpoetry,prose,andhistory.
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:TheGlucksmanIrishDiasporaSeries
November202228b&willus.224pp
9781479817511 £18.99 HB
TheCoffinShip
LifeandDeathatSeaduringtheGreatIrishFamine
CianT.McMahon
"Thefountofprimarymaterialusedhere,includingemigrant correspondence,ship-companyadministrativeandmedical records,andParliamentarypaperslendsthisbookaluminous quality,whiletheemigrantvoicespopulatingitspagesenhance TheCoffinShip'sscholarlysoliditywithcompellingreadability. ThiswelcomecontributiontoFaminehistorydeservesawide readership." - IrishLiterarySupplement
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:TheGlucksmanIrishDiasporaSeries
November202211b&willus.328pp
9781479820535 £19.99 NIP
TheIrishRevolution AGlobalHistory
EditedbyPatrickMannion&FearghalMcGarry "Abrilliantcollectionofessays,writtenbysomeoftheleading authoritiesonthesubject.ThebooktakesusfromDublinto Delhi,fromAlgeriatoAustralia,andmanyotherplacesinbetween,andgreatlyenrichesourunderstandingoftheglobal repercussionsandentanglementsofwhathappenedinIreland between1916and1922.Essentialreadingforanyonewhois interestedintheglobalinterconnectednessofrevolutionary struggleduringthisperiod."- RobertGerwarth,Professorof ModernHistoryatUniversityCollegeDublin
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:TheGlucksmanIrishDiasporaSeries
May20221b&willus.368pp
9781479808892 £29.99 HB
ChangingLand DiasporaActivismandtheIrishLandWar NiallWhelehan
TheIrishLandWarrepresentedasocialrevolutionthatwaspart ofabroaderideologicalmomentwhenestablishedideasof landownershipwerefundamentallychallenged. ChangingLand offersanewandoriginalstudyofIrishemigrants’activismin theUS,Argentina,Scotland,andEnglandandtheirmultifaceted relationshipswithIreland.
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:TheGlucksmanIrishDiasporaSeries
December2021224pp
9781479809554 £25.99 HB
AmericaandtheMakingofan IndependentIreland
AHistory
FrancisM.Carroll
"Thisisamuch-neededandrobustaccountoftherolethatthe Americangovernment,polityandthepublichadinshapingan independentIrelandfrom1916to1928.Thecomplexitiesof therelationshipbetweenthenationsisclearlyoutlinedina workthatishighlyreadableandenjoyable.Thisbodyof scholarlyworkalsooffersreadersanopportunitytoadmireand valueFrancisCarroll’sdefiningcontributiontoAmerican-Irish diplomaticandpoliticalrelationsintheearlytwentieth century." - ProfessoremeritusBernadetteWhelan.Member RoyalIrishAcademy,UniversityofLimerick,Ireland
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:TheGlucksmanIrishDiasporaSeries
January202112b&willus.312pp
9781479805655 £29.99 HB
theglucksmanirishdiasporaseriesThisseriesexploresIrishcultureandtheIrishexperienceathomeandabroad,consideringboth continuityandchangethroughtimeandacrossspace.SuccessiveversionsoftheIrishexperiencehave beenshapedbywavesofmigration-emigrationandimmigration-startinginpre-history,changingutterly withBritishcolonization,peakingwithmassflightfromthe19thcenturyFamine,andchangingyetagain withnewarrivalsinIrelandfromEasternEurope,Africa,andAsiainrecentdecades.Morethanacentury aftertheEasterRisingandlaterindependenceforpartoftheisland,Brexitrequiresyetanother rethinkingofborders,theveryshapeofIreland,andthecontinuingpresenceofthepast.Thisserieswill betransnationalandglobalinitsoutlook,andweparticularlyinvitemultidisciplinaryperspectives includingmemorystudies,folklorestudies,culturalanthropology,humangeography,andthe environmentalhumanities.Wealsowelcomebothliteraryandhistoricalstudiesthatareopento democratizingthewrittenrecordthroughinvestigationofpopular,vernacular,andsometimes marginalizedformsofverbalandnon-verbalexpressiveandmaterialculture.
ConamaraChronicles
TalesfromIorrasAithneach
CompiledbySeánMacGiollarnáth
TranslatedbyLiamMacConIomaire&Tim Robinson
OtherDónallÓBraonáin
"SeánMacGiollarnáth'slandmarkpublicationof1941 demonstrateshisworkincollectingtraditionalmaterialand transcribingvernacularculture.Itisfittingtoseetheworkin translation,andreadersseekingtostepintothewondrous worldofConamaratraditionwoulddowelltobeginhere."
RíonachuíÓgáin,UniversityCollegeDublin
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:IrishCultureMemoryPlace
September20225b&willus.,2maps332pp
9780253063526 £25.99 PB
Smyllie'sIreland
Protestants,Independence,andtheManWhoRantheIrish Times
CalebRichardson
"Thewritinginthisshortbutsuperbthought-provokingbookis sparkling."—TheIrishCatholic
AsIrishrepublicanssoughttoridthecountryofBritish influenceintheearly20thcentury,theinfluentialIrishTimes editorR.M.Smyllienavigatedthepainfulexperienceofbeing madetofeelanoutsiderinhisownhomeland.Inthistitle RichardsonoffersawayofseeingSmyllieasrepresentativeof thelargerAnglo-Irishexperience.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:IrishCultureMemoryPlace
April2019196pp
9780253041241 £29.99 PB
SuitableStrangers
TheHungarianRevolution,aHungerStrike,andIreland's FirstRefugeeCamp
VeraSheridan
SuitableStrangers revealsthefirsthandexperiencesofthe men,women,andchildrenwholivedintheKnockalisheen refugeecampnearLimerick.Afascinatingreadforhistoriansas wellasthoseinterestedinrefugeeandmigrantstudies, Suitable Strangers complicatestheIrishdiasporabyprovidingacloser lookattherealitiesofIreland'sKnockalisheenrefugee settlement.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:IrishCultureMemoryPlace
January202322b&willus.,7b&wtables250pp
9780253064615 £25.99 PB
TheChildSexScandalandModernIrish Literature
WritingtheUnspeakable
JosephValente&MargotGayleBackus
ForewordbyFintanO'Toole
"JosephValenteandMargotGayleBackus's TheChildSex ScandalandModernIrishLiterature:WritingtheUnspeakable digsfearlesslyintoacenturylongliterarycanonofabusedIrish children,unmaskingandunmakingthepsychologicaloperations thathaveallowedsuchabuse,asFintanO'Toolewritesinthe book'spreface,tolongbeIreland'sshameful"unknownknown" (xiii)."—ReneeFox,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz, Irish LiterarySupplement
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:IrishCultureMemoryPlace
December20203colorillus.,17b&willus.300pp
9780253053183 £23.99 PB
TheMemoryMarketplace
WitnessingPaininContemporaryIrishandInternational Theatre
EmiliePine
"EmiliePine's TheMemoryMarketplace isthatremarkableand rarething:acompelling,rigorously-researchedacademicbook thatisalsobeautifullywritten.Itsanalysisofperformance modesrepresentingtrauma,abuseandviolence–from'docuverbatim'theatreandautoperformancetosite-specific performance–tracescomplexlinesofenquiryabouttheidea ofwitnessing,theroleofaffect,andthetypesandexchangesof laborinthe'memorymarketplace.'Thisworkisamajor contributionnotonlytomemorystudiesandtoIrishtheatre studies,butalsofunctionsasanexemplarofthewaysinwhich transnationalliterarystudiescanilluminatebroadthemeswhile tendingtodistinctionsacrosscultures,spacesandtimes." OonaFrawley,editorof MemoryIreland series
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:IrishCultureMemoryPlace
June2020262pp
9780253049520 £34.00 PB
WomenandtheDecadeof Commemorations
EditedbyOonaFrawley
Together,theessaysin WomenandtheDecadeof Commemorations considertheimpactofwomen'sunseen, unsungwork,whichhasbeencriticallyimportantinshaping Ireland,acountrythatcontinuestostrugglewithhonoringthe fullroleofwomentoday.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:IrishCultureMemoryPlace
January202127b&willus.,1b&wtable374pp
9780253053725 £34.00 PB
irishculturememorypalaceseriesCatalogueofIrishManuscriptsin HoughtonLibrary,HarvardUniversity
CorneliusG.Buttimer
HarvardUniversityhasthelargestcollectionofIrish-language codicesinNorthAmerica,heldinHoughtonLibrary,itsrare bookrepository.Thiscataloguedescribesthecollectioninfull forthefirsttimeandwillbeaninvaluableaidtoresearchon IrishandIrishAmericanculturalandliteraryoutput.The author’sintroductionexamineshowthecollectionwasformed.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
February2022490pp
9780268201012 £134.00 HB
DerryCity MemoryandPoliticalStruggleinNorthernIreland
MargoShea
"[This]accountcompelsmenotjustbecauseofmyownhistory asachildoftheTroubles,butalsobecauseofhowitreinforces Shea’suniquenessasanhistorianwhogivesordinaryvoices theirdue." TheTypescript
ExaminesCatholicDerryfromtheturnofthetwentiethcentury totheendofthe1960sandthestartoftheTroubles.Provides anaccountofthecultural,political,andsocialhistoryusing archivalresearch,oralhistories,landscapeanalysis,andpublic speechesanddemonstrateshowcommunitiesmaintaintheir agencyinthemidstofpoliticalandculturalconflict.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
June2020350pp
9780268107932 £49.00 HB
TheBoysofSt.Columb's TheEducationofaNewIreland
MauriceFitzpatrick
“Fullofenergeticandconciseformulations,theinterviews makethisanindispensabledocument.” —EdwardLarrissy, Irish Times
ChroniclestheschooldaysofeightalumniofSt.Columb's CollegeinDerry,NorthernIreland,andthepolitical consequencesoftheireducation.AcompaniontoaBBC/RTÉ documentaryfilm TheBoysofSt.Columb’s (2010),tracesthe firstgenerationofchildrentoreceivefreegrammarschool educationasaresultofthe1947EducationAct
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
February2020248pp
9780268107543 £29.99 PB
Ireland'sRevolutionaryDiplomat ABiographyofLeopoldKerney
BarryWhelan
"[BarryWhelan]givesavaluableinsightintotheearlyyearsof theIrishdiplomaticservicebygoingbehindtheofficialrecords. Hehasalsohelpedrestorethereputationofoneofits pioneers." —TheIrishCatholic
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
February2019356pp
9780268105051 £45.00 HB
BeforetheDawn AnAutobiography
GerryAdams
"BeforetheDawn canbereadasthehistoryofthelastquartercenturyinNorthernIreland,fromtheperspectiveofsomeone whoeducatedhimselfandcametopowerwithinoneofthe traditions—acrucialoneatthemoment—oftheprovince.... Adamshaswrittenthisautobiographytodefinehisown position,ratherthanthatofothers.Hewritesnotasahistorian butasanembattledparticipant,choosinghiswordswith wariness." TheWashingtonPost
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
February20182maps,1halftone366pp
9780268103781 £21.99 PB
IrishEthnologies EditedbyDiarmuidÓGiolláin
IrishEthnologies givesanoverviewofthefieldofIrish ethnology,coveringrepresentativetopicsofinstitutional historyandmethodology,aswellascasestudiesdealingwith religion,ethnicity,memory,development,folkmusic,and traditionalcosmology.Thiscollectionofessaysdrawsfrom workinmultipledisciplinesincludingbutnotlimitedto anthropologyandethnomusicology.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
October2017252pp
9780268102371 £36.00 HB
RememberingtheTroubles ContestingtheRecentPastinNorthernIreland
EditedbyJimSmyth
"Memory,unlikehistory,worksbestwhenlookingbackwards. Letusthereforebeginattheend.Thebottomlineforan assessmentofthecollectedessayson Rememberingthe Troubles,editedbyJimSmyth,isconvenientlysummedupby ThomasBartlettinablurbonthebook’scover:'thevolumeisa highlysignificantadditiontotheslimcorpusofessentialworks ontheNorthernIrelandTroubles.'" DublinReviewofBooks
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
March20178halftones218pp
9780268101749 £36.00 HB
St.Patrick'sDay anotherdayinDublin
ThomasMcGonigle
“‘St.Patrick’sDay,anotherdayinDublin,”saidoneofIreland’s leadingpoets,“givesthe‘IrishNovel’alongoutstandingand much-deservedkickupthearseintothe21stcentury.Ipraise theworkmightily.”Atleast—asNualaNíDhomhnailldoesn’t writeinEnglish—that’sthetranslation.Andshefurtheroffered intheIrishlanguage:“Thisisfirst-rateprose.Fromthe evidenceofboththisbookandhispreviouslypublishednovel ‘TheCorpseDreamofN.Petkov,’werealizeweareinthe presenceofagreatnovelistinThomasMcGonigle.Heputsa certainperiodofDublinliteraryhistorybeforeoureyeswith freshnessandhonesty.’”
TheIrishEcho
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
Series:NotreDameReviewBookPrize
August20162b&whalftones244pp
9780268035389 £22.99 PB
The1916IrishRebellion
BríonaNicDhiarmada
ForewordbyMaryMcAleese
ForewordINDIESBookoftheYearAward:History "The1916IrishRebellion isa'Triumph.'Publishedbythe UniversityofNotreDamePressonthecentennialoftheRising, thisbookisatriumphofresearch,documentation,layoutanda prosestylethatpermitsreaderstoassume'Youarethere.'The author,BríonaNicDhiarmada,andhercolleagueshaveearned bothcommendationandawidereadership.Theyinvested themselvestoproduceacompanionvolumetothePublic TelevisiondocumentaryonIreland,1916." —IrishEdition
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
March2016380halftones216pp
9780268036140 £40.00 HB
CoireSois,TheCauldronofKnowledge
ACompaniontoEarlyIrishSaga
TomasO.Cathasaigh
EditedbyMatthieuBoyd
Offersthirty-onepreviouslypublishedessaysbyTomásÓ Cathasaigh,whichtogetherconstituteamagisterialsurveyof earlyIrishnarrativeliteratureinthevernacular.Thebookcovers keyterms,importantcharacters,recurringthemes,rhetorical strategies,andthenarrativelogicofthisliterature.Italso surveystheworkofthemanyotherswhoseexplorationswere launchedbyÓCathasaigh'sfirstencounterswiththeliterature.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
January20142mapsand1table648pp
9780268037369 £45.00 Paperback
HumanEncumbrances
PoliticalViolenceandtheGreatIrishFamine
DavidP.Nally
“[S]ophisticatedandtheoreticallyinformed...Nally’sbook shouldbehailedasahighlyinnovativenewcontributiontothe studyoftheFamine....ThemainstrengthofNally’sbook, however,liesinitstheoreticalunderpinnings:Human Encumbrancesisalmostuniqueinitsrigorousandsystematic useofasophisticatedpoststructuralisttheoreticalframeworkin itsefforttomakesenseoftheFamineanddisentangletheweb ofpoliticalandsocialdiscoursesthatenabledittohappen.”
IrishUniversityReview
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
April201124figures,13tables,and6maps368pp
9780268036089 £34.00 PB
WritingtheIrishWest EcologiesandTraditions
EamonnWall
“LookingintoalternativediscourseswithinIrishstudieswill benefitnotonlyecocriticsbutalsoIrishscholarswhoare hesitanttoembracetheimportedecocriticalmovement.Wall’s WritingtheIrishWestundoubtedlyaddressesthefirst-and second-waveconcernsofecocriticism,whilefosteringa growingbodyofworkinIrishstudiesdevotedtounderstanding thecomplexrelationshipamongnature,landscape, environment,andgeographythatexistswithinIreland’sliterary history.”
IrishStudiesReview
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
March2011320pp
9780268044237 £22.99 PB
PoetryandPeace
MichaelLongley,SeamusHeaney,andNorthernIreland
RichardRankinRussell
SouthAtlanticModernLanguageAssociationBookAward ExploresLongley’sandHeaney’spoeticfidelitytothe imaginationinthemidstofthewarinNorthernIrelandand theircreation,throughpoetry,ofapowerfulculturalandsacred space.Thisspace,Russellargues,hascontributedtocultural andreligiousdialogueandthushelpedenablereconciliation aftertheyearsoftheTroubles.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
November2010404pp
9780268040314 £40.00 Paperback
FindingIreland
APoet'sExplorationsofIrishLiteratureandCulture
RichardTillinghast
ForewordINDIESBookoftheYearAward:TravelEssays
“...thisbookisnotaboutRichardTillinghastfindinghimself, butabouthishelpingustofindIreland.Itneedsfinding becauselargepartsofitseemtohavebeenmislaid,orgone altogether.Thereis,forinstance,theAnglo-Irishtradition.... Bestofall,areTillinghast’schaptersoncontemporarypoets.He haslongenjoyedareputationasoneofthetopreviewersof poetryintheU.S.... FindingIreland iswrittenforAmericans... .Yetthebookdeservesareadershipbothhereandthere.It enactsthebeliefthatliteratureisaformofpleasure,wovenout ofhistoryandsociety,andweavingitswayintothepersonal livesofreadersanywhere.” TheIrishTimes
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
October20081halftone296pp
9780268042325 £21.99 PB
IrelandNow
TalesofChangefromtheGlobalIsland WilliamFlanagan
IrelandNow isanaccessibleguidetounderstandinghow IrelandandtheIrishpeoplehavechangedduringthepast fifteenyears.Largelyasaresultofthecountry'srapidly expandingeconomy,Irelandhasbeentransformedfromoneof thepooresttooneoftherichestcountriesintheEuropean Union.WilliamFlanaganusespersonal,first-handstoriesfroma widerangeofIrishcitizens,includingtheelderly,farmers, peopleinsmalltownsandruralareas,andnewimmigrants,to illustratehowvarioussegmentsofthepopulationarecoping withashiftingsociallandscape.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
October2007288pp
9780268028862 £19.99 PB
NineIrishPlaysforVoices
EamonGrennan
In NineIrishPlaysforVoices award-winningpoetEamon GrennandelvesdeepintokeyIrishsubjects—big,small,literary, historical,political,biographical—andilluminatesthemfor today’saudiencesandreaders.Theseshortplaysdrawfrom originalmaterialcenteringonimportantmomentsinIrish historyandtheformationoftheIrishRepublic,suchasthe GreatFamineandtheEasterRising;thelivesofIrishliterary figureslikeYeats,Joyce,andLadyGregory;andthecrucialand life-changingconditionofemigration.
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
April20239b&willus 360pp
9781531502546 £36.00 HB
UnholyCatholicIreland
ReligiousHypocrisy,SecularMorality,andIrishIrreligion
HughTurpin
"Thisisnotonlythebest,mostinsightfulbookonthesituation ofreligionandsecularizationincontemporaryIreland—itisone ofthebest,mostinsightfulbookswrittenonsecularizationin generalthatIhavereadinalongtime."—PhilZuckerman, PitzerCollege
Formuchofthetwentiethcentury,tobeconsideredagood IrishcitizenwastobeseenasagoodandobservantCatholic. Today,theoppositemayincreasinglybethecase.Turpinoffers aninnovativeandin-depthaccountofthenatureand emergenceof"ex-Catholicism"—anewmodelofthegood,and secular,IrishpersonthatisbeingrapidlyadoptedinIrish society.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:SpiritualPhenomena
September2022344pp
9781503633131 £23.99 PB
RuairíÓBrádaigh
TheLifeandPoliticsofanIrishRevolutionary
RobertW.White
Athisdeathin2013,RuairíÓBrádaighremainedadivisiveand influentialfigureinIrishpoliticsandtheIrishRepublican movement.Inabrief"Afterword"forthisnewedition,author RobertW.WhiteaddressesÓBrádaigh'scontinuinginfluence ontheIrishRepublicanMovement,includingtheongoing "dissident"campaign.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
May202026b&wphotos,2maps476pp
9780253048295 £25.99 NIP
Women'sLifeWritingandEarlyModern Ireland
EditedbyJulieA.Eckerle&NaomiMcAreavey
Thisbookprovidesanoriginalperspectiveonbothnewand familiartextsinthisfirstcriticalcollectiontofocuson seventeenth-centurywomen’slifewritinginaspecificallyIrish context.BymakingIrelandandIrishnessthefocusof theiressays,thecontributorsresituatewomen’snarrativesina powerfulandrevealinglandscape.
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Series:WomenandGenderintheEarlyModernWorld
June2019Index342pp
9780803299979 £29.99 PB
TheStarsofBallymenone,NewEdition
HenryGlassie
Glassiedescribeslifeinatimeandaplaceexactlylikenoother, andyetBallymenoneislikeathousandotherplaceswhere peopleworkonthelandduringthedayandtelltheirowntales atnight,forgotten.Thisbooks isanintegratedanalysisofthe completerepertoryofverbalartfromaruralcommunitywhere storytellingandsingingofqualityremainedapartofdailylife.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
September201643colorillus.,27b&willus.620pp
9780253022547 £20.99 PB
SamuelBeckett
AStudyofHisNovels
EugeneWebb
CollectivelytheworksofSamuelBeckett,winnerofthe1969 NobelPrizeforLiterature,revealaremarkablecontinuityof theme.Togetherhiswritingspresentaparticularviewoflife andeachnovelconstitutespartofalargerwhole.
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
December2014192pp
9780295994345 £29.99 PB
ThePlaysofSamuelBeckett
EugeneWebb
In ThePlaysofSamuelBeckett EugeneWebbfirstsummarizes thewesternphilosophicaltraditionwhichhasculminatedinthe void--thecenturiesofattemptstoimposeformandmeaningon existence,thefailureofwhichhasleftexperienceinfragments andmanastrangerinanunintelligibleuniverse.Succeeding chapterstakeuptheplaysworkbywork,interpretingeach individuallyandtracingrecurrentmotifs,themes,andimagesto showthecontinuityintheunderlyingtendenciesofBeckett's mindandart.
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
December2014160pp
9780295994352 £29.99 PB
IrishPeople,IrishLinen
KathleenCurtisWilson
“Thisisahandsomelyproducedbookwithanabundanceof fineillustrationstocomplementthewords.”
IrishArtsReview
Intothisculturalhistory,KathleenCurtisWilsonweaves personalnarratives,givingthestoryavoice:wordsandsongsof individualspinners,factoryworkers,andout-workerslikeSarah McCabe,whocreatedfabulouslinenlace;SarahLeech,who wrotepoetryasshespunfinethread;thethreePatterson women,whoworkedinMossleyMillforatotalofonehundred years;andtheHerdmanbrothers,whosettledinCountyTyrone tobuildamillandautopiancommunity.
OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
October2011328pp
9780821419717 £45.00 HB
MakingtheIrishAmerican HistoryandHeritageoftheIrishintheUnitedStates EditedbyJ.J.Lee&MarionCasey
Offersafeastoftwenty-nineperspectivesontheturbulent, vital,endlesslyfascinatingstoryoftheIrishinAmerica. Combiningoriginalresearchwithreprintsofclassicworks, theseessaysandarticlesextendfarbeyondasurveytooffera trulyrichunderstandingoftheIrishimmigrantimpacton America,andAmerica’simpactontheIrishimmigrant.
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
March2007733pp
9780814752180 £25.99 PB
TheIrishinUs Irishness,Performativity,andPopularCulture
EditedbyDianeNegra
SeekingtoexplainthewidespreadappealofallthingsIrish,this bookshowsthatforAmericans,Irishnessisrapidlybecoming thewhiteethnicityofchoice,ameansofclaiminganethnic identitywhilemaintainingthebenefitsofwhiteness.Atthe sametime,theessayistschallengeessentialized representationsofIrishness,bringingattentiontothe complexitiesofIrishhistoryandculturethatareglossedoverin Irish-themedweddingsandshamrocktattoos.
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
February200633illus.392pp
9780822337409 £25.99 PB
ACenturyofIrishDrama WideningtheStage
EditedbyStephenWatt,EileenMorgan&Shakir
MustafaTracesasignificantshiftin20thcenturyIrishtheatrefromthe largelynationalplaysproducedinDublintoamoreexpansive internationalartform.Confirmedbytherecentsuccessoutside ofIrelandofthe"thirdwave"ofIrishplaywrightswritinginthe 1990s,thenewIrishdramahasencouragedcriticstoreconsider boththeearlynationaltheatreandthedramatictraditionit fostered.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:DramaandPerformanceStudies
January20011bibliog.,1index360pp
9780253214195 £21.99 PB
IrelandandtheClassicalWorld PhilipFreeman
Inthisbook,PhilipFreemanexplorestherelationsbetween ancientIrelandandtheclassicalworldthrougha comprehensivesurveyofallGreekandLatinliterarysources thatmentionIreland.Heanalyzespassages(giveninboththe originallanguageandEnglish)fromoverthirtyauthors, includingJuliusCaesar,Strabo,Tacitus,Ptolemy,andSt.Jerome.
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
December2000166pp
9780292718753 £21.99 PB
PassingtheTimeinBallymenone HenryGlassie
"...anextraordinarilyrichandrewardingbook....itisabout theeffortofonemantofindforhimselfandusthelife'sbreath ofthepeopleofBallymenone....Itiscertainlyaremarkable tourdeforce." —EmmetLarkin, NewYorkTimesBookReview Thelifeandart,thefolklore,history,andcommonworkofa ruralcommunityinNorthernIreland—throughtheeyesand penofgiftedfolkloristHenryGlassie.Itisaclassicinthefullest sense,reachingbeyondfolkloretoallofhumanity.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
November1995872pp
9780253209870 £29.99 PB
AnAnthologyofIrishLiterature
Volume1
EditedbyDavidH.Greene
VolumeI containstranslationsofmedievalIrishpoetryand narratives,manyofwhich,thoughtranscribedinMiddleIrish, arefromanolderoraltradition.Thevolumealsooffers examplesofIrishlyricpoetryofthe17thand18thcenturies andtranslationsfrom19thcenturyIrishpoets.
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
October1985326pp
9780814730058 £22.99 PB
AnAnthologyofIrishLiterature
Volume2
EditedbyDavidH.Greene
Alltheselectionsin VolumeII wereoriginallywritteninEnglish. Beginningwithsomeanonymouspoems,itincludesSwift's famousessayonIrishchildrenandworksbyOliverGoldsmith. VirtuallyallofmodernIrishliteraturewritteninEnglishwasa partoftheliterarymovementknownastheIrishRenaissance. ThisgrewfromthedesireofIrishwriterstomaintainaliterary traditionbycreatingamodernliteraturewhichdrew sustenanceandinspirationfromtheGaelicpast.Itwasa nationalisticmovement,andwasboundupwiththepolitical movementwhichculminatedintheEaster1916Risingandthe "Anglo-Irish"warof1918-1921.Themostfamouswritersofthe IrishRenaissancewereGeorgeBernardShaw,W.B.Yeats,Sean O'Casey,JamesJoyceandFrankO'Connor.
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
October1985328pp
9780814730065£22.99PB