Author : Hubert Butler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Ireland
ISBN : UOM:39015013947943
Escape from the Anthill
Hubert Butler
Escape From The Anthill
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Literature and Nationalism
Vincent Newey,Ann Thompson
Author : Vincent Newey,Ann Thompson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0389209546
Literature and Nationalism by Vincent Newey,Ann Thompson Pdf
This collection of essays traces the representation of nationalism in a number of literary texts, ranging from the poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt written at the court of Henry 8th to the plays of Tom Murphy written in Ireland in the 1980s.
The Irish Story : Telling Tales and Making It Up in Ireland
Oxford R. F. Foster Professor of Irish History and a Fellow Hertford College
Author : Oxford R. F. Foster Professor of Irish History and a Fellow Hertford College
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198036074
The Irish Story : Telling Tales and Making It Up in Ireland by Oxford R. F. Foster Professor of Irish History and a Fellow Hertford College Pdf
Roy Foster is one of the leaders of the iconoclastic generation of Irish historians. In this opinionated, entertaining book he examines how the Irish have written, understood, used, and misused their history over the past century. Foster argues that, over the centuries, Irish experience itself has been turned into story. He examines how and why the key moments of Ireland's past--the 1798 Rising, the Famine, the Celtic Revival, Easter 1916, the Troubles--have been worked into narratives, drawing on Ireland's powerful oral culture, on elements of myth, folklore, ghost stories and romance. The result of this constant reinterpretation is a shifting "Story of Ireland," complete with plot, drama, suspense, and revelation. Varied, surprising, and funny, the interlinked essays in The Irish Story examine the stories that people tell each other in Ireland and why. Foster provides an unsparing view of the way Irish history is manipulated for political ends and that Irish poverty and oppression is sentimentalized and packaged. He offers incisive readings of writers from Standish O'Grady to Trollope and Bowen; dissects the Irish government's commemoration of the 1798 uprising; and bitingly critiques the memoirs of Gerry Adams and Frank McCourt. Fittingly, as the acclaimed biographer of Yeats, Foster explores the poet's complex understanding of the Irish story--"the mystery play of devils and angels which we call our national history"--and warns of the dangers of turning Ireland into a historical theme park. The Irish Story will be hailed by some, attacked by others, but for all who care about Irish history and literature, it will be essential reading.
The Living Stream
Edna Longley
Author : Edna Longley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : IND:30000039080993
The Living Stream by Edna Longley Pdf
Edna Longley's essays investigate the links between Irish literature, culture and politics. By questioning the fixed purposes of both nationalism and unionism, literature has helped to make living streams flow in Ireland. Edna Longley shows in particular where recent Northern Irish writing fits into this process of change.
Modernism and Colonialism
Richard Begam,Michael Moses
Author : Richard Begam,Michael Moses
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0822340380
Modernism and Colonialism by Richard Begam,Michael Moses Pdf
The essays in Modernism and Colonialism offer revisionary accounts of major British and Irish literary modernists relation to colonialism.
The Minority Voice
Robert Tobin
Author : Robert Tobin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191623608
The Minority Voice by Robert Tobin Pdf
'How do such people, with brilliant members and dull ones, fare when they pass from being a dominant minority to being a powerless one?' So asked the Kilkenny man-of-letters Hubert Butler (1900-1991) when considering the fate of Southern Protestants after Irish Independence. As both a product and critic of this culture, Butler posed the question repeatedly, refusing to accept as inevitable the marginalization of his community within the newly established state. Inspired by the example of the Revivalist generation, he challenged his compatriots to approach modern Irish identity in terms complementary rather than exclusivist. In the process of doing so, he produced a corpus of literary essays European in stature, informed by extensive travel, deep reading, and an active engagement with the political and social upheavals of his age. His insistence on the necessity of Protestant participation in Irish life, coupled with his challenges to received Catholic opinion, made him a contentious figure on both sides of the sectarian divide. This study addresses not only Butler's remarkable personal career, but also some of the larger themes to which he consistently drew attention: the need to balance Irish cosmopolitanism with local relationships; to address the compromises of the Second World War and the hypocrisies of the Cold War; to promote a society in which constructive dissent might not just be tolerated but valued. As a result, by the end of his life, Butler came to be recognised as a forerunner of the more tolerant and expansive Ireland of today.
Samantha Honeycomb: A Pilgrim's Chronicle
Scott Zarcinas
Author : Scott Zarcinas
Publisher : DoctorZed Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780648007906
Samantha Honeycomb: A Pilgrim's Chronicle by Scott Zarcinas Pdf
Ocean of No Escape
Susan K. Marlow
Author : Susan K. Marlow
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780825463815
Ocean of No Escape by Susan K. Marlow Pdf
Is escape even possible when you've been shanghaied? Jem Coulter, his family, and Strike-It-Rich Sam journey to San Francisco with the newfound gold to see if surgery can fix Nathan's broken legs. The uncertainty of Nathan's recovery leaves Jem bored and worried, so he heads to the waterfront to explore. The merchant ships look exciting—where could they be sailing? A sailor's invitation turns into an unexpected kidnapping that forces Jem into the life of a cabin boy. Forced to eat awful food and filled with a fear he'll never see his family again, Jem wonders if he can escape by jumping ship. Join Jem on the deck as he navigates the rough seas.
Travid: Behind the Nine Stars
Vid Legradic
Author : Vid Legradic
Publisher : Europa Edizioni
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9791220118743
Travid: Behind the Nine Stars by Vid Legradic Pdf
Travid Urs is a space tour guide. He travels the galaxy on his trusted spaceship, which he treats like a friend and to which he has even given a name: the Beast. His life proceeds quietly – he accompanies his guests to visit the many planets that form the greater Space Union – until he is chosen to be the personal driver guide of the Minister for Technology, Janus Kohn. His new job is as important as extremely risky, he is being called in truth to escort the Minister and protect him from the political assassinations that are bloodying planet Earth, the central planet of the Space Union. Everything changes when, after the Commemoration Festival at planet Dala, Travid Urs and Janus Kohn are attacked in flight and mysteriously disappear. What until that moment seemed to be a quiet and normal life is rapidly upset by a tangle of ambiguities, alien presences and secret conspiracies aimed at threatening the order of the galaxy. This novel is the first Sci-Fi work written by Vid Legradic. Notwithstanding the little experience in the field, he has demonstrated a great ability to combine his soul of passionate traveller with his fictional creativity. Travid: Behind the Nine Stars is a book full of action and mystery framed in distant landscapes populated by unlikely characters. An imaginary world created in the smallest detail that owes much of its creation to the many journeys that have punctuated the author’s life, and that functions as the perfect gateway from the oppressing everyday reality. Vid Legradic is a young 35-year-old freelance writer from Slovenia. After his master’s degree in Political Science, he decided to devote his life to travel, a passion which he was soon lucky to call his job. He worked for ten years as an international and local tour guide and managed to translate his experiences into words for travel magazines. This event encouraged him to write and publish his personal traveling adventures. From this turning point, two novels were born: Story about my travel (2019) written in his mother tongue, and the most recent Travid: Behind the Nine Starsù (2021) written in English, in which he explores for the first time the fascinating world of Science Fiction.
Anthill
Vinoy Thomas
Author : Vinoy Thomas
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789354928659
Anthill by Vinoy Thomas Pdf
Bounded by dense Kodagu forests on the south and west, and rivers on the north and east, Perumbadi, at the border between Kerala and Karnataka, has hidden itself from the world. Its very isolation has attracted varied settlers from south Kerala over the years. The first settler on this land, Kunji Varkey, was fleeing the opprobrium of getting his own daughter pregnant. Those who followed had similar shameful secrets. Anthill, the exquisite translation from the Malayalam of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi-winning novel Puttu, is the story of common people who tried to wriggle out of the shackles of family, religion and other restraining institutions, but eventually also struggle to civilize themselves-from their beginnings of a hillbilly existence and life as a promiscuous community. As Perumbadi moves into modernity and feels the need for refined justice, Jeremias comes to be known by the moniker President and becomes the unchallenged adjudicator of Perumbadi, thanks to his equanimity and sense of fairness. However, even as he resolves local disputes, he is troubled by developments in his own home and by his own moral failure. One of the most promising young writers in Malayalam, Vinoy Thomas, in his bestselling second novel, deploys dark humour to question the moral codes that bind society. Ultimately, this is also a story about the human race.
Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told
Darren Brown
Author : Darren Brown
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781461748755
Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told by Darren Brown Pdf
To reach freedom, the most famous escapers of all time have been willing to endure the most horrific conditions—and the direst consequences if caught. The collection of tales in The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told is gripping as only true life-and-death struggles can be: Papillon fighting through the jungles of Guiana only to commit himself to the open ocean in a sixteen-foot boat rather than face a life in exile; Rocky Gause dodging bullets as he swims through shark-infested waters to escape the Japanese at Bataan, while those around him simply quit; Latude battling against the dreaded Bastille; Baron Trenck—with chains covering almost every inch of his body—digging and digging to free himself from wrongful imprisonment; Andre Devigny, so weak from starvation and poor treatment that he could barely lift himself, shimmying across a rope only yards above a German sentry during World War II on the eve of his execution. These are just a few of the twenty-five bold and ingenious tales of escape included in this collection. The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told will hold readers captive for years to come!
The Greatest Escape
David Balcom
Author : David Balcom
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781469722351
The Greatest Escape by David Balcom Pdf
"Oh, if there were someone to tell us the history of that subtle feeling called solitude," mused the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. In The Greatest Escape, David Balcom answers that call, showing that solitude is an inevitable-yet vital and exciting-facet of our existence with a long, tumultuous past. He travels back in time to trace the spirit flights of shamans; wanders in the mountains of China, listening to the poetry of recluse scholars; visits the forests of India to participate in the dialogues of ancient sages; explores the wisdom of early Greek philosophers, Christian hermits, and Sufi mystics; and illuminates the role of solitude in the lives and writings of modern poets and intellectuals from Petrarch to Thoreau. Covering a broad swath of history, Balcom introduces us to powers and resources in solitude that are drowned in the clamor of modern life. He concludes that the experience of solitude can be creative, joyful, enlightening, sometimes all three at once-and that the perennial "fruits of solitude" are open to everyone. "Here," he writes, "is an apology for and a guide to the greatest of all escapes."
Anthills of the Savannah
Chinua Achebe
Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0435905384
Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe Pdf
Annotation Achebe writes of the old Africa and the new, tribal warfare and the war that goes on in people's hearts. His story takes place two years after a military coup in the mythical West African state of Kangan, and shows the transformation of a brilliant young.
International Books in Print
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1482 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : English imprints
ISBN : UOM:39015046780428
International Books in Print by Anonim Pdf
Irish Fiction Since the 1960s
Elmer Kennedy-Andrews
Author : Elmer Kennedy-Andrews
Publisher : Ulster Editions & Monographs
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UOM:39015069183831
Irish Fiction Since the 1960s by Elmer Kennedy-Andrews Pdf
This collection of 14 essays has been designed to map the landscape of Irish fiction since 1960, and to assess the literary achievement of Irish novelists and short story writers, North and South of the border, over the last 40 years.