Patrick Walsh

Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume V

The Irish Book in English, 1891-2000
Herausgeber: Hutton, Clare

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Produktbeschreibung

Books have played a role of key importance in shaping Ireland's cultural and political heritage. The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume V: The Irish Book in English, 1891-2000 is the first attempt to comprehensively outline the history of twentieth century Irish book culture, and will be the standard guide for many years to come.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 774
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 165mm x 61mm
• Gewicht: 1361g
• ISBN-13: 9780199249114
• ISBN-10: 0199249113
• Artikelnr.: 32730119

Autorenporträt

Clare Hutton is Lecturer in English at Loughborough University, and has published in the field of twentieth century Irish book history, and Irish literature. She was educated at the Universities of London, Dublin and Oxford, and has held appointments in Cambridge and London. She currently holds a Leverhulme Research Fellowship, and is undertaking research on the genesis of Joyce's Ulysses. Patrick Walsh is Senior Lecturer in Education at Queen's University Belfast, and has published on various topics relating to education and curriculum formation in Ireland.

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* List of Illustrations
* Notes on Contributors
* Introduction
* I. THE CULTURES OF IRISH PUBLISHING AND READING
* 1: Clare Hutton: Publishing the Irish Cultural Revival, 1891-1922
* 2: Ben Levitas: Reading and the Irish Revival, 1891-1922
* 3: Nicholas Allen and Terence Brown: Publishing after Partition,
1922-1939
* 4: Nicholas Allen: Reading Revolutions, 1922-1939
* 5: Gabriel Doherty and Gillian M. Doherty: 'Some Measure of
Vocation': Publishing in Ireland, 1939-1969
* 6: Frank Shovlin: From Tucson to Television: Irish Reading, 1939-1969
* 7: Siobhán Holland: 'Our Literary History in the Making': The
Persistence of the Literary Press, 1969-2000
* 8: Ronán McDonald: 'Anything about Ireland?' Reading in Ireland,
1969-2000
* II: THEMATIC SURVEYS
* 9: Tony Farmar: An Eye to Business: Financial and Market Factors,
1895-1995
* 10: Andrew McCarthy: Publishing for Catholic Ireland
* 11: Gillian McIntosh: Funding Literary Enterprise and Publishing in
Ireland
* 12: Donal Ó Drisceoil: A Dark Chapter: Censorship and the Irish
Writer
* 13: Mary N. Harris: Parochial, National and Universal: The Concerns
of Irish Regional Publishing
* 14: Patrick Walsh: The Political Economy of Irish School Books
* 15: Pat Donlon: Books for Irish Children
* 16: Nicola Gordon Bowe: The Iconic Book in Ireland, 1891-1930
* 17: Robert Keating O'Neill: The Irish Book in the United States: An
Overview
* 18: Patrick Buckridge: The Harp in the South: Reading Ireland in
Australia
* 19: Bruce Stewart: 'The Medium is the Message': The Irish Book in the
Informatics Age
* III: PUBLISHER CASE STUDIES
* 20: Warwick Gould: "Our Irish Canon Your Irish Canon": Macmillan's
Irish List, 1899-1968
* 21: Gillian McIntosh: M. H. Gill, later Gill and Macmillan
* 22: Gifford Lewis: 'This terrible struggle with want of means':
Behind the Scenes at The Cuala Press
* 23: Clare Hutton: The Extraordinary History of the House of Maunsel
* 24: Ruth Ling: Faber and Irish Literature
* 25: Derval Tubridy: 'A Hazardous Venture': The Dolmen Press
* 26: Colleen McKenna: The Gallery Press
* 27: Eamonn Hughes: The Blackstaff Press
* IV. SOURCES
* 28: Patrick Walsh: Sources for Irish Book History, 1891-2000
* APPENDICES
* A: Donal Ó Drisceoil: Irish Books Banned under the Censorship of
Publications Acts, 1929-67
* B: Warwick Gould: The Macmillan Archive and Irish Writers
* C: Jonathan Williams: Minding Other People's Business: Literary
Agents in Ireland since 1986
* Bibliography
* Index