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Dublin: A Cultural and Literary History
Siobhán Kilfeather
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Description for Dublin: A Cultural and Literary History
Paperback. Two particular dates dominate popular imaginings of Dublin: 16 June 1904 when James Jouce and Nora Barnacle first - walked out - together; and Easter Monday 1916, when Pearse and Connolly led a small force against the British and began the struggle that led through civil war to independence for part of Ireland. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Europe's most westerly capital city was established by invaders and was for most of its history the locus of colonial administration, the engine room of foreign power and a major site of indigenous resistance. From The Act of Union through nineteenth-century decline and into the early years of Irish independence it was a city identified with poverty, dirt and decaying splendour. The Celtic Tiger produced sweeping changes, including massive new building projects, and the surprising revelation that Dublin has become fashionable. Two particular dates dominate popular imaginings of Dublin: 16 June 1904 when James Joyce and Nora Barnacle first 'walked ... Read more
Europe's most westerly capital city was established by invaders and was for most of its history the locus of colonial administration, the engine room of foreign power and a major site of indigenous resistance. From The Act of Union through nineteenth-century decline and into the early years of Irish independence it was a city identified with poverty, dirt and decaying splendour. The Celtic Tiger produced sweeping changes, including massive new building projects, and the surprising revelation that Dublin has become fashionable. Two particular dates dominate popular imaginings of Dublin: 16 June 1904 when James Joyce and Nora Barnacle first 'walked ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781902669991
SKU
V9781902669991
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Ref
99-50
About Siobhán Kilfeather
SIOBHAN KILFEATHER taught Irish writing in the School of English at Queen's University Belfast.
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