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Informationen zum Autor Robert Welch is Professor of English at the University of Ulster at Coleraine. He is the author of a number of books on Irish literature; editor of The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature and a poet and translator. Muskerry, a volume of his poetry, appeared in 1991. Klappentext First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Robert Welch examines the work of major modern Irish writers, including Yeats, Joyce, Beckett and Heaney, and draws attention to the aspects of modern Irish literature that make it so distinctive and powerful. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1 CHANGE AND STASIS IN IRISH WRITING 2 LANGUAGE AND TRADITION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 3 GEORGE MOORE: ‘THE LAW OF CHANGE IS THE LAW OF LIFE’ 4 W.B.YEATS: ‘THE WHEEL WHERE THE WORLD IS BUTTERFLY’ 5 J.M.SYNGE: ‘TRANSFIGURED REALISM’ 6 JAMES JOYCE: ‘HE RESTS. HE HAS TRAVELLED’ 7 JOYCE CARY: ‘WONDERING AT DIFFERENCE’ 8 FRANCIS STUART: ‘WE ARE ALL ONE FLESH’ 9 SAMUEL BECKETT: ‘MATRIX OF SURDS’ 10 MÁIRTÍN Ó CADHAIN: ‘REPOSSESSING IRELAND’ 11 SEÁN Ó RÍORDÁIN: ‘RENEWING THE BASIC PATTERN’ 12 BRIAN FRIEL: ‘ISN’T THIS YOUR JOB TO TRANSLATE?’ 13 SEAMUS HEANEY: ‘LEAVING EVERYTHING’ 14 MOVEMENT AND AUTHORITY: ‘SUDDENLY YOU’RE THROUGH’. CODA: SEERS AND DANCERS
