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Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State, 1922-1939 Book

â??One of the great, essential statements about the Irish imagination in those strange moments when it first confronted the bleakness of freedom after 1921, Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State is a masterpiece of literary history and also a major contribution to the history of ideas in Ireland. Its value to scholars within the field of Irish-language studies is absolute.â? â??Declan Kiberd, University College Dublin â??It is hard to underestimate the fundamental achievement of this book: to make an entire literary corpus accessible, for the first time and in such complete form, to the non-Irish-reading public. This should be a standard work for decades to come.â? â??Joep Leerssen, University of Amsterdam Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State, 1922â??1939 is a continuation of Philip Oâ??Learyâ??s previous path-breaking book on the prose literature of the Gaelic Revival. The period following the War of Independence and Civil War saw an outpouring of book-length works in Irish from the state publishing agency An Gúm. The frequency and production of new plays, both original and translated, have never been approached since. Oâ??Leary has investigated all of these works as well as journalism and manuscript material and discusses them in a lively and often humorous manner. The contributions of several writers known for their work in English, such as Liam Oâ??Flaherty, Sean Oâ??Faolain, and Frank Oâ??Connor, who were either writing on occasion in Irish or engaging in debates within the Gaelic movement, emerge as important figures. With the publication of Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State, 1922â??1939, we have at last an authoritative and balanced account of this major but neglected aspect of the Irish cultural renaissance. This will be an essential reference book for anyone interested in Irish literature in the twentieth century.Read More

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  • 0271025239
  • 9780271025230
  • Philip O'Leary
  • 30 August 2000
  • Pennsylvania State University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 784
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