Ireland, Literature, and the Coast: Seatangled

by Nicholas Allen

The island of Ireland is home to one of the world's great literary and artistic traditions. This book reads Irish literature and art in context of the island's coastal and maritime cultures, beginning with the late imperial experiences of Jack and William Butler Yeats and ending with the contemporary work of Anne Enright and Sinead Morrissey. It includes chapters on key historical texts such as Erskine Childers's The Riddle of the Sands, and on contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019885787X
• ISBN13: 9780198857877
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"