The Truth About the Irish: A Frank and Funny Look

by Terry Eagleton

Overview

If you're looking for a field guide to leprechauns, The Truth About the Irish is not the book for you. But if you can handle a frank and funny look into the minds and hearts of Irish people, you've been touched by that fabled Irish luck. Covering all things Irish from Blarney to Yeats, renowned literary and cultural critic Terry Eagleton separates the myths from the reality with his priceless blend of sidesplitting humor, caustic commentary, and the honest lowdown on the beloved and bewildering country of Ireland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312264031
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/27/2001
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	956,465
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Terry Eagleton is Wharton Professor of English Literature at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. One of the world's leading literary critics, his many academic books include Literary Theory: An Introduction. He is also author of the play Saint Oscar and the novel Saints and Scholars, along with two widely acclaimed studies of Ireland, Heathcliffe and the Great Hunger and Crazy John and the Bishop.

Editorial Reviews

A fine, fast and very funny meditation.” —Washington Post

“ Terry Eagleton delves into what makes the Irish people tick, dispensing with nonsense about leprechauns, shamrocks and drunkeness to explore the truth behind the Irish psyche.” —New York Post

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