Inventing Ireland
- ISBN-10
- 0674463641
- ISBN-13
- 9780674463646
- Series
- Inventing Ireland
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 719
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Declan Kiberd
Description
The result is a major literary history of modern Ireland, combining detailed and daring interpretations of literary masterpieces with assessments of the wider role of language, sport, clothing, politics, and philosophy in the Irish revival.
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