Author: Diarmuid Russell
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN: 9780670010196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Irish Reader
Author: Diarmuid Russell
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN: 9780670010196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN: 9780670010196
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Reading Ireland
Author: Raymond Gillespie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847794327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This fascinating and innovative study explores the lives of people living in early modern Ireland through the books and printed ephemera which they bought, borrowed or stole from others. While the importance of books and printing in influencing the outlook of early modern people is well known, recent years have seen significant changes in our understanding of how writing and print shaped lives, and was in turn shaped by those who appropriated the written word. This book draws on this literature to shed light on the changes that took place in this unusual European society. The author finds that there, almost uniquely in Europe, a set of revolutions took place which transformed the lives of the Irish in unexpected ways, and that the rise of writing and the spread of print were central to an understanding of those changes which have previously only been understood to have been the result of conquest and colonisation. This is a book which will be read not only by those interested in the Irish past but by all those who are concerned with the impact of communications media on social change.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847794327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This fascinating and innovative study explores the lives of people living in early modern Ireland through the books and printed ephemera which they bought, borrowed or stole from others. While the importance of books and printing in influencing the outlook of early modern people is well known, recent years have seen significant changes in our understanding of how writing and print shaped lives, and was in turn shaped by those who appropriated the written word. This book draws on this literature to shed light on the changes that took place in this unusual European society. The author finds that there, almost uniquely in Europe, a set of revolutions took place which transformed the lives of the Irish in unexpected ways, and that the rise of writing and the spread of print were central to an understanding of those changes which have previously only been understood to have been the result of conquest and colonisation. This is a book which will be read not only by those interested in the Irish past but by all those who are concerned with the impact of communications media on social change.
A Reader's Guide to the Choice of the Best Available Books (about 50,000) in Every Department of Science, Art & Literature, with the Dates of the First & Last Editions, & the Price, Size & Publisher's Name of Each Book
Author: William Swan Sonnenschein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Reading in the Dark
Author: Seamus Deane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Cumulative Book Index
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
The Pipes Are Calling
Author: Gabriel McNeil
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907461934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
THE PIPES ARE CALLING is a complex, enjoyable, sensitive and intriguing novel. I love the way in which all the strands of story come together expertly at the end. McNeil's writing displays a sound ear for sharp dialogue and wry humour but it was her lyrical talent which moved me to read this novel in one sitting. Alice Thompson, Scottish novelist When the Irish Troubles start rumbling in 1960, a young Irish girl finds herself exiled in Scotland. Grainne Kelly tries to embrace her new country wholeheartedly, but does not fit in despite all her efforts to lose her identity and cut all ties with the past. But when the Troubles reach out to destroy her family, she is inexorably drawn into a world of terror and deceit which ends in tragedy. On the way she finds love against the odds but her love of Pat Molloy is inextricably interwoven with love of Ireland the country she tried to abandon. This is an important book. It gives a new perspective on the Irish Troubles. Malachi O'Doherty, Irish writer and broadcaster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907461934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
THE PIPES ARE CALLING is a complex, enjoyable, sensitive and intriguing novel. I love the way in which all the strands of story come together expertly at the end. McNeil's writing displays a sound ear for sharp dialogue and wry humour but it was her lyrical talent which moved me to read this novel in one sitting. Alice Thompson, Scottish novelist When the Irish Troubles start rumbling in 1960, a young Irish girl finds herself exiled in Scotland. Grainne Kelly tries to embrace her new country wholeheartedly, but does not fit in despite all her efforts to lose her identity and cut all ties with the past. But when the Troubles reach out to destroy her family, she is inexorably drawn into a world of terror and deceit which ends in tragedy. On the way she finds love against the odds but her love of Pat Molloy is inextricably interwoven with love of Ireland the country she tried to abandon. This is an important book. It gives a new perspective on the Irish Troubles. Malachi O'Doherty, Irish writer and broadcaster
A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literature
Author: William Swan Sonnenschein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
The Best Books: a Readers Guide to the Choice of the Best Available Books (about 50.000)...
Author: William Swan Sonnenschein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Sotheran's Price Current of Literature
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Crossover Fiction
Author: Sandra L. Beckett
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135861293
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. This study will have significant relevance across disciplines, as scholars in literary studies, media and cultural studies, visual arts, education, psychology, and sociology examine the increasingly blurred borderlines between adults and young people in contemporary society, notably with regard to their consumption of popular culture.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135861293
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. This study will have significant relevance across disciplines, as scholars in literary studies, media and cultural studies, visual arts, education, psychology, and sociology examine the increasingly blurred borderlines between adults and young people in contemporary society, notably with regard to their consumption of popular culture.