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by Thomas McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
During the dark, disturbed years after Ireland's economic collapse and humiliation in 2008, poet Thomas McCarthy retreated back into an intensely personal world where what was political took on an almost macabre, geological character. He returned as often as possible to the coast of County Kerry,...
by William Butler Yeats
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
The Trembling of the Veil William Butler Yeats, irish poet (1865-1939)
This ebook presents «The Trembling of the Veil», from William Butler Yeats. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- DEDICATION...
by Alan Gillis
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Scapegoat and Other Poems displays the remarkable versatility of Alan Gillis's voice, the range of his subjects, and the perspicacity of his poems. He moves from the popular to the political, from the satirical to the lyrical, with exceptional ease and insight. In "Progress," "To Belfast,"...
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish playwright who also served as a Whig member of the British House of Commons for over 30 years. Sheridan’s most famous plays are The Rivals and The School for Scandal. This edition of The Rivals: A Comedy includes a table of contents.
by Colin Teevan
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Three Irishmen. Digging. Telling tales to put down the day. But as they dig down, long-buried secrets begin to emerge and the story they tell is as dark as the earth itself. It is a tale full of rich and striking characters. The Kingdom vividly captures life as an Irish navvy in the last century –...
The Essential Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated Edition)
Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) was an Irish playwright, essayist, novelist and short story writer and wrote more than 60 plays. He is the only person to...
by Ian Duhig
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Ian Duhig's The Speed of Dark is structured around his astonishing reworking of the text of Le Roman de Fauvel, a medieval text that railed against the corruption of the 12th-century French court and church. In Duhig's hands, however, the tale of the power-mad horse-king Fauvel gains a terrifying...
by John O'Keeffe
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2013
4 works of John O'Keeffe Irish actor and dramatist (1747-1833)
This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of John O'Keeffe. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Table of Contents:
- As Long As You Wish - Fontainbleau - The Castle of Andalusia - Wild Oats or The Strolling Gentleman
PYGMALION (With Original Illustrations)
A Celebrated Satire on English Language and Englishmen From the Author of Renowned Plays like Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and The Man, Caesar And Cleopatra, Man and Superman
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
This beautifully illustrated eBook edition of "PYGMALION" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Excerpt: "It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him." (Pygmalion,...
by Catherine Czerkawska
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Michael is a young man, living in contented isolation on a West of Scotland beach and making artworks with the pebbles and shells, the flotsam and jetsam he finds there. He is perfectly happy, but the people around him find his isolation disturbing, and when he comes upon an object washed ashore that...
by Oscar Wilde
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Oscar Wilde was a prominent Irish playwright and novelist in the late 19th century. With classics such as The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde remains one of the most widely read authors today. This edition of Salome includes a table of contents.
by Charles Macklin
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
The Man of the World Charles Macklin, irish actor and dramatist (690-1797)
This ebook presents «The Man of the World», from Charles Macklin. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- INTRODUCTION...
by Patrick James
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
This collection by Irish poet Patrick James features a variety of themes, with an inescapable backdrop of Irishness be it emigration or religion (both Christian and Pagan): the list goes on! The subject-matter broaches on such universal (but diverse) concerns as love, hate, loneliness, joy, but veers...
by Peter McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
From award-winning poet and one of the most important Northern Irish writers and critics of his generation, Peter McDonald, comes an earthy and sensual new collection. Drawing from the landscape of his native Ireland and indebted to the works of Heaney, Yeats and the Ancient Greek classics, each poem...