A history of modern Irish women's literature /

This book offers the first comprehensive survey of writing by women in Ireland from the seventeenth century to the present day. It covers literature in all genres, including poetry, drama and fiction, as well as life-writing and unpublished writing, and addresses work in both English and Irish. The...

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Other Authors: Ingman, Heather, 1953- (Editor), O Gallchoir, Cliona (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • Writing before 1700 / Marie-Louise Coolahan
  • Eighteenth-century writing / Cliona O Gallchoir
  • Writing under the union, 1800-1845 / James Kelly
  • Poetry, 1845-1890 / Matthew Campbell
  • Fiction, 1845-1900 / James H. Murphy
  • New woman writers / Tina O'Toole
  • Prose, drama and poetry, 1891-1920 / Paige Reynolds
  • Writing for children / Valerie Coghlan
  • Poetry, 1920-1970 / Lucy Collins
  • Fiction, 1920-1960 / Gerardine Meaney
  • Elizabeth Bowen / Patricia Coughlan
  • Kate O'Brien / Eibhear Walshe
  • Edna O'Brien / Sinèad Mooney
  • Fiction, 1960-1995 / Anne Fogarty
  • The short story / Heather Ingman
  • Poetry, 1970-present / Patricia Boyle Haberstroh
  • Women's traditions in theatre, 1920-2015 / Cathy Leeney
  • Writing in irish, 1900-2013 / Riona Nic Congáil and Máirín Nic Eoin
  • Fiction from Northern Ireland, 1921-2015 / Caroline Magennis
  • Life writing and personal testimony in the twentieth century / Anne Mulhall
  • Twentieth-century diasporic and transnational writing / Ellen McWilliams
  • Celtic tiger fiction / Susan Cahill.