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The Irish Bildungsroman

The classical Bildungsroman charted an idealized path of human development—the harmonization of individual desires with societal norms in the formation of a well-rounded, liberal subject. But what happens when this Enlightenment blueprint for self-cultivation runs up against the particularities of

Under the Metal Man: Yeats in Sligo

This book tells the story of Sligo’s presence in the work of W.B. Yeats and his family through images of their work and commentary that opens new ways of understanding Yeats’s poetry. It incorporates paintings and drawings by John Butler

Holy Wells of Ireland: Sacred Realms and Popular Domains

Holy wells with miraculous healing qualities and resident supernatural beings are the focus of ritual and lore around the globe. Ireland’s holy wells include springs, lakes, and ponds with patron saints, specialized cures, and localized customs related to the site’s

Modernism in Irish Women's Contemporary Writing: The Stubborn Mode

Modernism in Irish Women’s Contemporary Writing examines the tangled relationship between contemporary Irish women writers and literary modernism. In the early decades of the twenty-first century, Irish women’s fiction has drawn widespread critical acclaim and commercial success, with a surprising

Green Space: The Transformation of the Irish Image

A historical exploration of the Irish image in popular culture It only took a century or so to segue from phrases like “No Irish Need Apply” to “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” in American popular culture. Indeed, the transformation of the

Brian Friel's Models of Influence

The Brian Friel Papers at the National Library of Ireland are a record of a life’s work in progress. They represent a way of working and of making art over a period spanning more than fifty years. This book is

Young Ireland: A Global Afterlife

Follows a group of people exiled from Ireland after a failed rebellion and the role they had in the building of new nations and states This book is about the Young Irelanders, a group of Irish nationalists in the mid-nineteenth