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New Irish Short Stories

Author : Various

Publisher : Faber & Faber

Page : 422 pages

File Size : 43,9 MB

Release : 2011-03-17

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 0571255280

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Edited by Joseph O'Connor (author of Star of the Sea and Ghost Light) New Irish Short Stories is a stunning collection from a fascinating variety of writers, both new and established. Featuring, among many others, William Trevor and Roddy Doyle, Rebecca Miller and Richard Ford, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Colm Toibin, it shows the short story to be a vibrant, thriving form and one that should continue to be celebrated and encouraged. This collection follows the two acclaimed editions David Marcus edited for Faber in 2004-5 and 2006-7.



The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story

Author : Anne Enright

Publisher : Granta Books (Uk)

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 34,20 MB

Release : 2010

Category : English fiction

ISBN : 9781847080974

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The Man Booker prize-winning author's selection of the best Irish short stories of the last sixty years, following Richard Ford's bestselling Granta Book of the American Short Story.



The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories

Author : William Trevor

Publisher : OUP Oxford

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 46,48 MB

Release : 2010-03-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780199583140

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Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation.



Being Various

Author : Various

Publisher : Faber & Faber

Page : 349 pages

File Size : 34,20 MB

Release : 2019-05-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0571342515

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Featuring brand new short stories from Kevin Barry, Eimear McBride, Belinda McKeon, Lisa McInerney, Danielle McLaughlin, Stuart Neville, Sally Rooney, Kit de Waal and many more.Ireland is going through a golden age of writing: that has never been more apparent. I wanted to capture something of the energy of this explosion, in all its variousness... Following her own acclaimed short-story collection, Multitudes, Lucy Caldwell guest-edits the sixth volume of Faber's long-running series of all new Irish short stories, continuing the work of the late David Marcus and subsequent guest editors, Joseph O'Connor, Kevin Barry and Deirdre Madden.



Classic Irish Short Stories

Author : Frank O'Connor

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 36,81 MB

Release : 1985

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780192819185

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The stories collected here demonstrates the richness of the short story tradition in Ireland from the end of the last century to the period following the Second World War. The authors represented are: George Moore, Somerville and Ross, Daniel Corkery, Jame Stephens, Liam O'Flaherty, L.A.G. Strong, Sean O'Faoláin, Frank O'Connor, Eric Cross, Michael McLaverty, Bryan MacMahon, Mary Lavin, James Plunkett, James Joyce, and Elizabeth Bowen. `this is as good a collection of stories as you could find anywhere and fully deserves its new description "classic".' Books and Bookmen



A History of the Irish Short Story

Author : Heather Ingman

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 579 pages

File Size : 35,37 MB

Release : 2009-05-14

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 113947412X

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Though the short story is often regarded as central to the Irish canon, this text was the first comprehensive study of the genre for many years. Heather Ingman traces the development of the modern short story in Ireland from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to the present day. Her study analyses the material circumstances surrounding publication, examining the role of magazines and editors in shaping the form. Ingman incorporates recent critical thinking on the short story, traces international connections, and gives a central part to Irish women's short stories. Each chapter concludes with a detailed analysis of key stories from the period discussed, featuring Joyce, Edna O'Brien and John McGahern, among others. With its comprehensive bibliography and biographies of authors, this volume will be a key work of reference for scholars and students both of Irish fiction and of the modern short story as a genre.



Great Irish Short Stories

Author : Evan Bates

Publisher : Courier Corporation

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 33,5 MB

Release : 2012-03-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 048612147X

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Features 13 captivating tales, from the early Irish prose fiction of Maria Edgeworth and William Carleton to the 20th-century works of William Butler Yeats, James Stephens, James Joyce, Seumas O'Kelly, and Liam O'Flaherty.



The British and Irish Short Story Handbook

Author : David Malcolm

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 7 pages

File Size : 32,16 MB

Release : 2012-03-12

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1444330462

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The British and Irish Short Story Handbook guides readers through the development of the short story and the unique critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction. It includes a wide-ranging analysis of non-canonical and non-realist writers as well as the major authors and their works, providing a comprehensive and much-needed appraisal of this area. Guides readers through the development of the short story and critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction Offers a detailed discussion of the range of genres in the British and Irish short story Includes extensive analysis of non-canonical writers, such as Hubert Crackanthorpe, Ella D’Arcy, T.F. Powys, A.E. Coppard, Julian Maclaren-Ross, Mollie Panter-Downes, Denton Welch, and Sylvia Townsend Warner Provide a wide-ranging discussion of non-realist and experimental short stories Includes a large section on the British short story in the Second World War



44 Irish Short Stories

Author : Devin A. Garrity

Publisher : Gramercy

Page : 520 pages

File Size : 37,82 MB

Release : 1955

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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The Irish have always had a way with words. Long ago they took on a language not their own and learned to re-word it into pure magic. Nowhere is this magic more in evidence than in their short stories--stories that combine lyricism, humor and tragedy with rare imagination set in simple backgrounds, largely without props. The seemingly effortless art of the best Irish writers has an appeal that is naive and highly sophisticated at the same time; the disarming simplicity with which the tales are spun being somewhat misleading at first reading. In this anthology there are gathered, for the first time in America, some of the more representative examples of Irish short fiction. The emphasis is on variety. All are a delight to read. All have universal appeal. Only 21 of the 44 have previously been published in this country.



Scéalta

Author : Rebecca O'Connor

Publisher : Saqi

Page : 119 pages

File Size : 43,16 MB

Release : 2012-07-15

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 1846591597

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The short story is one of Ireland's national treasures, and within these pages are some of its finest practitioners — from such established names as Julia O'Faolain, Claire Keegan and Christine Dwyer Hickey, to the exciting new voices of Judy Kravis, Eithne McGuinness and Cherry Smyth. Here we have stories of dysfunctional marriages, abnormal goings on in rural outposts, urban alienation, and kitchen sink dramas where the woman is no longer tied to the kitchen sink but railing against past wrongs. Issues of domestic violence, child abuse, and abortion are laid startlingly bare. The voices are bold, unsentimental, often very funny, and always deeply affecting. Part of a series showcasing contemporary women writers from around the world.