Music and the Irish Literary Imagination
| Author | : Harry White |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 279 |
| Release | : 2008-11-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199547326 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199547327 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (327 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Music and the Irish Literary Imagination by : Harry White
Download or read book Music and the Irish Literary Imagination written by Harry White and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new reading of Irish literature identifies, for the first time, the formative influence of music in Irish writing over the past 200 years. Although this influence has long been acknowledged in studies of Shaw and Joyce, White explores music as an abiding preoccupation in the work of Moore, Yeats, Synge, Shaw, Joyce, Beckett, Friel, and Heaney.
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