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Univ Pr of Kentucky (1991), Hardcover, 252 pages
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From the legendary poet Oisin to modernist masters like James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, and Samuel Beckett, Ireland's literary tradition has made its mark on the Western canon. Despite its proud tradition, the student who searches the shelves for works on Irish women's fiction is liabel to feel much as Virginia Woolf did when she searched the British Museum for work on women by women. Critic Nuala O'Faolain, when confronted with this disparity, suggested that ""modern Irish literature is dominated by men so brilliant in their misanthropy... [that] the self-respect of Irish women is radicall
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252 p.; 6 x 1 inches
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0813117143 / 9780813117140