The hero of the tale is Cuchulainn, the Hound of Ulster, who resists the invaders single-handed while Ulster's warriors lie sick. Thomas Kinsella presents a complete and living version of the story.

Through exquisite attention to outer and inner forms, Vendler explores the most inventive reaches of the poets mind.

The result is a major literary history of modern Ireland, combining detailed and daring interpretations of literary masterpieces with assessments of the wider role of language, sport, clothing, politics, and philosophy in the Irish revival.

A Survey of the lives and works of ten 19th century American writers -- Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Dana, Parkman, Prescott, Lowell, Longfellow, and Holmes.

A celebration of the tenacious life of the enduring Irish classics, this book by one of Irish writing's most eloquent readers offers a brilliant and accessible survey of the greatest works since 1600 in Gaelic and English, which together ...

Today critical interest centers on the authority of the text. This edition republishes, for the first time, without interference, the original 1922 text.

In examining the effects of this operation on the lives of a small group, Brian Friel skillfully reveals the far-reaching personal and cultural effects of an action which is at first sight purely administrative.

This work explores the interrelation of Irish political history and Irish literature.

A semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce published in book form in 1916, depicting the early years in the life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce.