The Field Day anthology of Irish writing. [Vols. IV & V], Irish women's writing and traditions / edited by Angela Bourke ... [et al.]
Contributor(s): Bourke, Angela
| Field Day Theatre Company.
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BookPublisher: Cork, Ireland : [New York] : Cork University Press in association with Field Day ; New York University Press, 2002Description: 2 v. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 185918281X; 9781859182819.Other title: Irish women's writing and traditions.Subject(s): Irish literature -- Translations into English | Irish literature -- Women authors | English literature -- Irish authors | Literature | Anthologies: general | Gender studies: women & girls | Ireland -- Literary collectionsDDC classification: 808.8 FIE Summary: 11 years in the making and harnessing the skills and expertise of dozens of scholars, this set covers a period from 600AD to the end of the 20th century, providing a unique resource for the study of Irish society from the perspective of Irish women's writing.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Reference | MTU Kerry North Campus Library Reference | 808.8 FIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | IV | 1 | Not for loan | 38888000407159 | |
| Reference | MTU Kerry North Campus Library Reference | 808.8 FIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V | 1 | Not for loan | 38888000407167 |
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11 years in the making, featuring the work of over 700 individual writers and harnessing the skills and expertise of dozens of scholars, The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing Volumes IV and V is without doubt one the most important publishing events in Ireland for many years. The most comprehensive corpus of Irish women's writing ever published. A lifelong resource, each encounter prompting fresh insights and new discoveries Features the work of over nine hundred familiar and undiscovered or unappreciated writers. Many of the sources are previously unpublished. Harnesses the skills and expertise of dozens of scholars and specialists. Interdisciplinary approach allows insight into areas of the Irish experience beyond the reader's area of interest. Biographies and bibliographies of writers facilitate further reading and research. Fully indexed and cross-referenced with earlier volumes, including index to first lines of poetry. Spans a period from 600 to the end of the end of the Twentieth Century. Many Irish texts appear in translation for the first time allowing unprecedented access to rare texts.
Vols. are labelled v. 4-5 to conform to numbering of original Field day anthology.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
11 years in the making and harnessing the skills and expertise of dozens of scholars, this set covers a period from 600AD to the end of the 20th century, providing a unique resource for the study of Irish society from the perspective of Irish women's writing.