Irish Critical Classics: Index

Irish Critical Classics: Index

Irish Critical Classics	Various Critical Writings
On Major Irish Writers	Reviews & Interviews
International Critics	Irish Historical Studies
General Index

The texts held in this region are either whole texts or longer extracts of published works that stand as monuments of Irish criticism - either because of the influence of the text or the eminence of the author - and deal with more than one author. While the selection criteria is inevitably influenced by personal taste and current teaching requirements, the aim is to gather in for ready reference the key interventions in the subject-area. See also “Note on Copyright”, infra.

Modern Irish Literature

Historical Classics

Early Irish Literature

On modern Irish literature

Samuel Beckett

‘Dante... Bruno. Vico.. Joyce’, in Exagmination [... &c.] (1929)

Elizabeth Bowen

The Demon Lover & Other Stories (1945) - Postscript.
“The Short Story in England” (May 1945)

Padraic Colum

Introduction to The Collegians, by Gerald Griffin (1918 Edn.)
Introduction to Anthology of Irish Verse (1922)

Claire Connolly

“Irish Romanticism, 1800-1839”, in Cambridge History of Irish Literature (2006)

Daniel Corkery

“On Anglo-Irish Literature” (1931)

Seamus Deane

Heroic Styles: The Tradition of an Idea (1984)
Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing (1991)
Strange Country: Modernity and Nationhood [...] (1997)
	from ...
	National Character and the Character of Nations [sect. on Gerald Griffin & Thomas Moore]
	from ...
	Boredom and Apocalypse: A National Paradigm [Flann O’Brien]

Irvin Ehrenpreis

Irvin Ehrenpreis, ‘Gullivers’s Travels’ , in Swift, Vol. 3 (1983)

Thomas Flanagan

Thomas Flanagan, The Irish Novelists 1800-1850 (1959)

J. W. Foster

‘Revisitations: Criticism and Benedict Kiely’ (2009)

James Hardiman

Introduction to Irish Minstrelsy, or Bardic Remains (1831)

Barbara Hayley

Foreword to Carleton’s Traits and Stories (1979)

Maurice Harmon

Introduction to William Carleton (1973)
‘First Impressions: 1968-78’ (1979)

Seamus Heaney

“Unhappy and at Home”: interview with Seamus Deane (1977)
Preoccupations (1980)
“The Power of T. S. Eliot” (1989)
Redress of Poetry (1995)
Interview with Dennis O’Driscoll (2003)
Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney (2008)

Patrick Kavanagh

“Poetry in Ireland To-Day” (The Bell, 1948)
“The Parish and the Universe” (Kavanagh's, 1952)
“The Irish Tradition” (The Bell, Sept. 1953)
“From Monaghan to the Grand Canal” (Studies, 1959)
“Nationalism and Literature” (Non-plus, Oct. 1959)

Margaret Kelleher

‘Prose Writing and Drama in English, 1830-1890 [...]’, in Cambridge History of Irish Literature (2006)

Brendan Kennelly

“Patrick Kavanagh” (1970)
“Flann O’Brien: An Beal Bocht” (1977)

Declan Kiberd

“Story-Telling: The Gaelic Tradition” (1979)

Benedict Kiely

Writings on William Carleton (1947 & 1996)

R. & M. Loebers

Guide to Irish Fiction, 1650-1900 (2006)

John McGahern

“Dubliners” (1990).
“The Image” (1991)
“What is My Language?” (2005)

Gerardine Meaney

‘Sex and Nation: Women in Irish Culture and Politics’ (1993)

Vivian Mercier

The Irish Comic Tradition (1962), Preface
“Irish Literary Revival” (1996)

John Montague

“The Impact of International Modern Poetry on Irish Writing” (1972)

Frank O’Connor

“The Future of Irish Literature” (1942)
“The Irish Short Story” (1957)

Patrick Sheeran

“A Brief Historical View” [in Novels of Liam O’Flaherty (1972)]

James Simmons

‘A Study of Three Works by Ulster Protestant Authors’ (1985)

Robert Welch

“Language and Tradition in the Nineteenth Century” (1993)
“Irish Writing in English” (1996)

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Historical classics
James Connolly	The Reconquest of Ireland (1915)
M. V. Duignan	‘Historical Introduction’ (Shell Guide to Ireland, 1967)
Rev. Matthew Kelly	Introduction to Cambrensis Eversus (1850 rep. edn.)
D. D. Sheehan	D. D. Sheehan, Ireland Since Parnell (1921)

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On ancient Irish literature

Nora Chadwick

‘Religion and Mythology’, in The Celts (1971) [Chap. 6: Evidence of the Celts]

Myles Dillon

‘Celtic Religion and Celtic Society’ (1964)
[with Nora Chadwick,] The Celtic Realms (1967)

Charles Doherty

‘Kingship in Early Ireland’ (2005)

Douglas Hyde

“Early Irish Literature”, in Irish Literature (1904)

Prionsias Mac Cana

Celtic Mythology (1970)
	Introduction
	Chap. 2: “Gaulish Gods & Insular Equivalents” Chap. 3: “The Tuatha Dé Danann” Chap. 4: “The Goddesses of the Insular Celts” Chap. 5: “The Heroic Tradition” Chap. 6: “Sacral Kingship” Chap. 7: “The Otherword” Chap. 7: “The Integral Tradition”

“Early Irish Ideology and the Concept of Unity” (1984)

R.A.S. MacAlister

The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran (1921)

Séamus Mac Mathúna

‘Paganism and Society in Early Ireland’, in The Celtic Connection (1992)

Gerard Murphy

Ossianic Lore and Romantic Tales of Medieval Ireland (1961)

Diarmuid Ó Giollain

Locating Irish Folklore: Tradition, Modernity, Identity (2000)

Dáithí Ó hÓgain

The Hero in Irish Folk History (1985) - Conclusion

Pádraig Ó Riain

‘Early Irish Literature’, in The Celtic Connection, ed. G. Price (1992)

See also ...

J. P. Cohane

The Indestructible Irish (1969)

... against the grain

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Note on Copyright

The copyright associated with the texts listed here belongs to their authors. It is hoped that at some future date electronic editions of these and other critical writings at Ricorso will be authorised, with benefit to their owners as well as the visitors to this web site. In the meantime, all the files listed here will remain inaccessible except by password and only to those closely associated with the Ricorso project. Application can be made by email, but no guarantee can be given that access will be allowed.

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