Celtic Dawn: Portrait of the Irish Literary Renaissance

by Ulick O'Connor

Book Overview

The extraordinary renaissance in Irish literature that took place in the late nineteenth century was part of the cultural rebirth of the nation that included nationalist politics, a revival of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0552991430
• ISBN13: 9780552991438
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Corgi Books
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive and good-willed book.

I'm not really sure whether this book deserves 5 stars, and here's why: I believe it was written in a subpar manner, and could have been better compiled and presented, but the material of which Ulick O'Connor writes is so sublime in itself it takes the book along with it, to a higher plane. During the course of reading this book, and after it's completion, The Irish Literary Renaissance came to be a very interesting and worthwhile subject to me. This story is centered in Ireland, during one of her latest struggles for independence. The coupling of this daring time with the enduring personalities and geniuses of people such as Douglas Hyde, W.B. Yeats, George Moore, Edward Martyn, AE, James Joyce and Lady Gregory made for a very unique and captivating period of time. I came to understand not only these men and women's actions and acievements, and the noble motives behind them, but also their individual passions and goals. O'Connor does digress and deviate regularly, and is a little scattered, but this story is well worth reading. This book takes you directly and personally to the heart of a wondrous and important time. 5 stars!