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Dublin : A Cultural and Literary History
Siobhan Kilfeather
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"This book is a history of Dublin, with a remarkable feel for the way the past is embodied in bridges and alleyways, sculpture and slums. But in classical Dublin manner it also ambles and diverges, pausing to illuminate the reader about a whole range of subjects from duels to theatres, maternity hospitals to prisons, the Book of Kells to Bono, Politics, industry, painting, architecture, feminism, poetry, famine, armed insurrection: these are a mere handful of the topics explored in this extraordinarily rich account. Like all the finest surveys, it combines a deep affection for its subject with an astutely critical ... Read more
"This book is a history of Dublin, with a remarkable feel for the way the past is embodied in bridges and alleyways, sculpture and slums. But in classical Dublin manner it also ambles and diverges, pausing to illuminate the reader about a whole range of subjects from duels to theatres, maternity hospitals to prisons, the Book of Kells to Bono, Politics, industry, painting, architecture, feminism, poetry, famine, armed insurrection: these are a mere handful of the topics explored in this extraordinarily rich account. Like all the finest surveys, it combines a deep affection for its subject with an astutely critical ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Liffey Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781904148692
SKU
V9781904148692
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About Siobhan Kilfeather
Siobhan Kilfeather teaches Irish writing in the School of English at Queen's University Belfast.
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