02845nam 2200625 a 450 991097362500332120200520144314.097802680937090268093709(CKB)2560000000052762(OCoLC)694145912(CaPaEBR)ebrary10425448(SSID)ssj0000484376(PQKBManifestationID)11332324(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484376(PQKBWorkID)10594312(PQKB)11477356(MiAaPQ)EBC3441068(MdBmJHUP)muse14831(Au-PeEL)EBL3441068(CaPaEBR)ebr10425448(Perlego)4329988(EXLCZ)99256000000005276220080626d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFinding Ireland a poet's explorations of Irish literature and culture /Richard Tillinghast1st ed.Notre Dame, Ind. University of Notre Dame Pressc20081 online resource (297 p.) Includes index.9780268042325 0268042322 Finding Ireland -- Letter from Galway, 1990 -- Letter from Dublin, 1998 : the Celtic tiger-- Letter from Dublin, 2005 : Wilde, Synge, and Orpen -- Who were the Anglo-Irish? -- The uneasy world of Somerville and Ross -- Travels through Somerville and Ross's Ireland -- The asymmetrical George Moore -- Elizabeth Bowen : the house, the hotel, and the child -- William Trevor : "they were as good as we were" -- Listening to Irish traditional music -- Flann O'Brien : no laughing matter -- Brian Friel : transcending the Irish national pastime -- Seamus Heaney's "middle voice" -- Derek Mahon : exile and stranger -- The future of Irish poetry? -- Mount Stewart : its gardens, house, and family -- W.B. Yeats : the labyrinth of another's being -- Looking for Yeats in Yeats country -- From Venice to Tipperary.Richard Tillinghast writes vividly and evocatively about the land and people of his adopted home, its culture, its literature, and its long, complex history.Literary landmarksIrelandAuthors, IrishHomes and hauntsIrelandEnglish literatureIrish authorsHistory and criticismIrelandIntellectual lifeIrelandDescription and travelLiterary landmarksAuthors, IrishHomes and hauntsEnglish literatureIrish authorsHistory and criticism.820.9/9415Tillinghast Richard1670224MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973625003321Finding Ireland4366384UNINA