
Irish Studies
John Goodby(Author)
Hodder Arnold (Publisher)
Published on 30. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-340-80741-5 (ISBN)
Description
This glossary offers an introduction to Irish culture and society and a route-map to further study. Designed specifically with undergraduates in mind, it contains around 400 short and accessible explanations of the key events, figures and concepts in Irish Studies since the pre-modern period.
Reviews / Votes
'The book's greatest virtue lies in its wide scope, (covering disciplines such as science and mathematics, not usually emphasised in Irish Studies). The book is relentlessly up-to-date.' Irish Studies ReviewMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-80741-5 (9780340807415)
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Persons
John Goodby is Lecturer in English at university of Wales, Swansea. He is the authors and editor of several works on Ireland, including Irish Poetry Since 1950: from Stillness into History (2000). Alex Davis is Lecturer in English at University College Cork. He has written widely on English, Irish and American Literature and is author of A Broken Line: Denis Devlin and Irish Poetic Modernism. Andrew Hadfield is Professor of English at the University of Sussex. He has published extensively on Irish history and culture. Eve Patten is Lecturer in English at Trinity College Dublin and has published widely on nineteenth and twentieth century Irish writing.
Author
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Editor
Sheffield Hallam University, UK