Ascendancy and tradition in Anglo-Irish literary history from 1789 to 1939 / W.J. McCormack
1985, 1st Edition. Oxford [Oxfordshire] New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #331508
ISBN: 0198128061
Physical description: x, 423 pages. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction: Against definitions -- 1. Romantic union: Wordsworth, Ireland, and Reflections on the revolution in France -- 2. Edmund Burke and the imagination of history -- 3. Castle Rackrent -- 4. The Absentee -- 5. Mid-century perspectives -- 6. The question of Celticism -- 7. James Joyce: Bás Nó Beatha -- 8. W.B. Yeats: tow approaches -- 9. The invention of tradition -- 10. On 'purgatory'. Subjects: 1800-1999. English literature Irish authors History and criticism. English literature 19th century History and criticism. English literature 20th century History and criticism. English literature. English literature Irish authors. Intellectual life. Literature. English literature History and criticism Irish authors 19th century. Languages & Literatures. Novel English Ireland 19th century. Novel English Ireland 20th century. Poetry English Ireland 20th century. Poetry English Ireland 19th century.
Price: €35.00