Irish Novels 1890-1940: New Bearings in Culture and Fiction
Studies of Irish fiction are still scanty in contrast to studies of Irish poetry and drama. Attempting to fill a large critical vacancy, Irish Novels 1890-1940 is a comprehensive survey of popular and minor fiction (mainly novels) published between 1890 and 1922, a crucial period in Irish cultural and political history. Since the bulk of these sixty-odd writers have never been written about, certainly beyond brief mentions, the book opens up for further exploration a literary landscape, hitherto neglected, perhaps even unsuspected. This new landscape should alter the familiar perspectives on Irish literature of the period, first of all by adding genre fiction
Except for Chapter 3 which provide brief insights into actual life in Ireland in the period 400-800 A.D., IRELAND BEFORE THE VIKINGS is a compendium of the comings and goings and the rise and fall of numerous kinglets, princes, chiefs, and warriors, their geneology and their deaths in battle. As part of the much larger Gill History of Ireland, no doubt all this has an important part. For Irish people, it may be necessary reading to grasp more fully their country's long history.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 10 November 2010
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Violent Enemy
The classic bestseller from the master of the game Britain's most wanted political offender. A seductively beautiful woman, and the dream of a perfect escape! Many lives had been sacrificed for the Irish cause, but legendary freedom fighter Colum O'More, ageing and critically ill, was ready to gamble once more for a last devastating strike. Which is why Sean Rogan, soldier of the Irish Republican Army gets all the help he needs to break out of a mainland security prison. An escape into a nightmare beyond anyone's control!
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 8 November 2010
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Tara Road
On the strength of novels such as Evening Class, The Glass Lake, and Circle of Friends, Maeve Binchy certainly qualifies as one of Ireland's best known and bestselling exports. Her latest novel, Tara Road, is the story of two women -- one Irish, one American, both struggling to overcome personal tragedies -- who agree to swap houses for the summer.
