[private] Dawe, Gerald / Jones, Darryl / Pelizzari, Nora (eds) Beautiful Strangers: Ireland and the World of the 1950s Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2013. X, 197 pp., 3 coloured ill., 6 b/w ill. Reimagining Ireland. Vol. 46 Edited by Eamon Maher Softcover: ISBN 978-3-0343-0801-4 CHF 68.00 / €(D) 60.20 / €(A) 61.90 / €
» Read more[private] The Importance of Being Wilde Day Symposium on Oscar Wilde and Fin de Siècle Culture University of Limerick, IRELAND 12th June 2013 Plenary Speakers: Professor Margaret D. Stetz (University of Delaware) Professor Joseph Bristow (University of California Los Angeles) Call for Papers: On the 8th of January 1884 Mr Oscar Wilde appeared before a Limerick audience in the
» Read more[private] Medbh McGuckian: The Poetics of Exemplarity (ISBN 978-1-906-10818-2) Shane Alcobia-Murphy This is the first monograph wholly devoted to the poetry of Medbh McGuckian and it presents pathways into her work that have thus far remained largely unexplored. The chapters examine the ways in which McGuckian uses literary exemplars to explore the psychodramas of female literary authorship and ways
» Read more[private] WILLIAM TREVOR / ELIZABETH BOWEN INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2013. FIRST PRIZE: 3,000 EURO (SPONSORED BY WILLIAM TREVOR) 2nd prize: 500 Euro 5 runners up prizes of 200 Euro each. Mitchelstown Literary Society is pleased to announce the launch of the third William Trevor / Elizabeth Bowen International, Short Story Competition. The Society
» Read more[private] Knowing One’s Place in Contemporary Irish and Polish Poetry: Zagajewski, Mahon, Heaney, Hartwig. Continuum, 2012. This book compares contemporary poetry from Ireland and Poland, two post-colonies within Europe, with a particular focus on the theme of spatio-cultural belonging. It brings together Northern Irish and Polish poets who rebel against strict, conventional, and politically binding forms of identity, who
» Read more[private] In Gratitude for All the Gifts: Seamus Heaney and Eastern Europe. University of Toronto Press, 2012. This book explores the literary and cultural links between the bestselling, Nobel Prize-winning Northern Irish poet Seamus Heaney and the preeminent Eastern European poets of the twentieth century, including fellow Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz and Zbigniew Herbert. Magdalena Kay opens new ground
» Read more[private] APPEL A CONTRIBUTIONS / CALL FOR PAPERS ETUDES IRLANDAISES French Journal of Irish Studies Spring 2014 issue/Numéro de Printemps 2014 DATE LIMITE POUR SOUMETTRE: 30 juin 2013 / DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: June 30, 2013 English version Etudes Irlandaises is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles in English and French which explore all aspects of Irish literature, history, culture and arts
» Read more[private] Cork University Press has today published The Female Figure in Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin’s Poetry by Patricia Boyle Haberstroh. This is a comprehensive study of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, one of the most important contemporary Irish poets and the subject of growing international acclaim. Covering her volumes up to the most recent, The Sun-fish, it examines the role of the female
» Read more[private] Colleagues and students in Diaspora Studies, Irish Studies, and Women’s Studies will be interested in a new book by Irish writer Margaret Mulvihill, The Leaving Coat. This is an historical novel about an Irish immigrant nurse on a complex quest for her sister and, finally, for her own identity. The novel is set in 1890s New York City and also in
» Read more[private] UCDscholarcast is pleased to announce the launch of its new website www.ucd.ie/scholarcast Scholarcast content is also now available through the UCD Digital Library http://digital.ucd.ie/ To date UCDschlorcast has produced academic podcasts in the following subject areas: literature, history, music, archaeology, popular culture, film, media studies, classics. Colleagues interested in future collaborations can contact P.J. Mathews, UCD School of English, Drama and Film.
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