Product Description: The Princess Grace Irish Library's 2000 symposium brought together Irish critics and historians to assess the state of culture and society in the 'long nineteenth century' -- 1800-1922 -- during which the Act of Union defined the form of government and representation in Ireland as well as, to a great extent, the forms of opposition...read more

Product Description: "Beckett and Beyond," a conference held at the Princess Grace Irish Library, Monaco, in 1991, gathered together thirty-two distinguished scholars to assess the works and career of the great Irish writer. The conference proceedings, published here in a single volume, contain papers and addresses by his biographers, the editors of his correspondence and internationally scholars...read more

The traditional folklore tales of Ireland involving the supernatural and the fantastic have had a profound influence on the shaping of the country and on Irish literature. No other country has produced so many famous authors whose work has reflected those influences. These themes were the subject of a symposium held in May 1998 at the Princess Grace Irish Library. The papers from this symposium are published in these two volumes.

Product Description: Designed primarily for GCSE and A Level students, "York Notes" also provide background information for first-year undergraduates. Covering major works from medieval to modern English literature, and classic and contemporary works from Europe, America, the Commonwealth and the Third World, each title in the series is written by a specialist...read more

A comprehensive reference on the literature of Ireland encompasses more than two thousand entries that discuss the history of Irish poetry, drama, and fiction, from ancient times to the present, along with biographical profiles, historical events, and more. UP.

Three native New Zealanders are drawn into the maelstrom of World War II, each to a different region--England, the South Pacific, and China--and to a harsh test of courage