Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State
Author: Philip O'Leary
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2010-07-01
Total Pages: 768
ISBN-13: 0271030100
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an authoritative account of the a major, but neglected aspect of the Irish cultural renaissance- prose literature of the Gaelic Revival. The period following the War of Independence and Civil War saw an outpouring of book-length works in Irish from the state publishing agency An Gum. The frequency and production of new plays, both original and translated, have never been approached since. This book investigates all of these works as well as journalism and manuscript material and discusses them in a lively and often humorous manner. -- Publisher description