{"product_id":"an-irish-literature-reader-poetry-prose-drama-paperback","title":"An Irish Literature Reader: Poetry, Prose, Drama, Second Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaureen O'Rourke Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJames MacKillop\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a volume that has become a standard text in Irish studies and serves as a course-friendly alternative to the \u003ci\u003eField Day\u003c\/i\u003e anthology, editors Maureen O'Rourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature, including Old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs, and drama. For each author the editors provide a biographical sketch, a brief discussion of how his or her selections relate to a larger body of work, and a selected bibliography. In addition, this new volume includes a larger sampling of women writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaureen O'Rourke Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e is dean of students and associate professor of English at Hofstra University, past president of the American Committee for Irish Studies (ACIS) and author of \u003ci\u003eA Guide to Irish Studies in the United States.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames MacKillop\u003c\/b\u003e is also a past president of ACIS and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDictionary of Celtic Mythology, Fionn mac Cumhaill: Celtic Myth in English \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterature, \u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Irish Cinema: From \"The Quiet Man\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eto \"Dancing at Lughnasa,\"\u003c\/i\u003e the last two volumes also published by Syracuse University Press.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 578\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9.12 x 6.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130473091207,"sku":"9780815630463","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7406c8814ba50ec001cd2db9dd6c0bf3.webp?v=1732611100","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/an-irish-literature-reader-poetry-prose-drama-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}