An Irish Literature Reader(English, Paperback, MacKillop James J)

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An Irish Literature Reader(English, Paperback, MacKillop James J) is written by MacKillop James J and published by Syracuse University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0815630468 (ISBN 10) and 9780815630463 (ISBN 13).

In a volume that has become a standard text in Irish studies, editors Maureen ORourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature, including old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs and a selection of nineteenth-century prose and poetry. For each author the editors provide a biographical sketch, a brief discussion of how his or her selections relate to a larger body of work, and a selected bibliography. In addition, this revised volume also includes a larger sampling of women writers.