Irish Studies / Edition 1

by Alex Davis, Andrew Hadfield, Eve Patten, John Goodby

Overview

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. Covering literary terms, traditions and movements, as well as Irish history, politics, music and art, the entries are fully cross-referenced and assume no prior knowledge, making this an essential source of information for students of Irish Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340807415
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/30/2003
Series:	Essential Glossary Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

ANDREW HADFIELD is Professor of English at the University of Sussex, UK.

John Goodby is Professor of Arts and Culture at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is the author of The Poetry of Dylan Thomas: Under the Spelling Wall (2013) and editor of the centenary edition of Dylan Thomas's Collected Poems (2014).