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Gerald Griffin (1803 1840)

A Critical Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

A full-length critical study of the life and works of the Irish writer Gerald Griffin (1803 1840).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780521129435
• ISBN-10: 0521129435
• Artikelnr.: 28112663

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Textual note
1. The period, family background and early life
2. The London period: 1823-1827
3. Early prose works: Holland-Tide and Tales of the Munster Festivals
4. The Collegians
5. Regional writer, historian, moralist, lover
6. Thelast phase: the later fiction and the creative decline
7. Posthumous publications and Griffin's literary significance
Appendix: Adventures of an Irish Giant
Notes
Bibliography
Index.