Irish women writers : an A-to-Z guide

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Irish women writers : an A-to-Z guide

edited by Alexander G. Gonzalez

Greenwood Press, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-332) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Irish women writers have a large following, and their works are attracting large amounts of scholarly and critical attention. Through roughly 75 alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 35 expert contributors, this reference overviews the lives and works of Irish women writers active in a range of genres and periods. Each entry includes a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a survey of the writer's critical reception, and a list of works by and about the author. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. Ireland has an especially lively literary tradition, and works by Irish writers have long been recognized as interesting and influential. While male writers have received the bulk of the critical attention given to Irish literature, contemporary women writers are among the most widely read Irish authors. This reference overviews the lives and works of Irish women writers active in a range of periods and genres. Included are roughly 75 alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 35 expert contributors. Among the writers discussed are: ; Elizabeth Bowen ; Mary Dorcey ; Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory ; Anne Hartigan ; Norah Hoult ; Paula Meehan ; Iris Murdoch ; Edna O'Brien ; Katharine Tynan ; Sheila Wingfield ; And many more. Each entry includes a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a review of the writer's critical reception, and a list of works by and about the writer. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.

目次

  • Preface Introduction Anderson, Linda Bannister, Ivy
  • Beckett, Mary
  • Berkeley, Sara
  • Binchy, Maeve
  • Blackwood, Caroline
  • Boland, Eavan
  • Bourke, Angela
  • Bowen, Elizabeth
  • Boylan, Clare
  • Brennan, Elizabeth
  • Browne, Frances Callaghan, Mary Rose
  • Cannon, Moya
  • Carr, Marina
  • Casey, Juanita
  • Colum, Mary (Catherine Gunning Maguire)
  • Crottie, Julia
  • Cummins, Geraldine Daly, Ita
  • Day, Suzanne
  • Deevy, Teresa
  • Devlin, Anne
  • Dillon, Eilis
  • Donoghue, Emma
  • Dorcey, Mary
  • Downing, Ellen Mary Patrick Edgeworth, Maria
  • Edwards, Ruth Dudley
  • Enright, Anne Frances, Mary E. (Mary Blundell) Gallagher, Miriam
  • Grand, Sarah
  • Gregory, Lady (Isabella Augusta Persse) Hartigan, Anne Le Marquand
  • Higgins, Rita Ann
  • Hoult, Norah Johnston, Jennifer
  • Jenkinson, Biddy
  • Jones, Marie Keane, Molly
  • Kelly, Eva
  • Kelly, Rita Lavin, Mary
  • Lawless, Emily
  • Lingard, Joan Madden, Deirdre
  • Martin, Joy
  • Mcguckian,Medbh
  • McNeill, Janet
  • Meehan, Paula
  • Mhac an tSaoi, Maire
  • Milligan, Alice
  • Mitchell, Susan L.
  • Morgan, Lady
  • Mulkerns, Val
  • Murdoch, Iris Ni Chuilleanain, Eilean
  • Ni Dhomhnaill, Nuala
  • Ni Dhuibhne, Eilis
  • Ni Ghlinn, Aine
  • Ni Ghrada, Mairead O'Brien, Edna
  • O'Brien, Kate
  • O'Donnell, Mary
  • O'Faolain, Julia
  • O'Faolain, Nuala
  • O'Malley, Mary Reid, Christina Sommerville and Ross
  • Strong, Eithne Tighe, Mary
  • Tynan, Katharine Wilde, Lady
  • Wingfield, Sheila Selected Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors Index

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