a well - known politician , “ Oscar , do you know this fellow Moore ? ” Wilde , ever ready with the apposite , astringent reply , repeated the question , “ Do I know - him ? Indeed , I know him so well that I have not spoken to him for ...
Describes Irish authors who wrote mainly in the English language, foreign authors who made a significant contribution to Irish literature, and articles on general topics important to the literature.
The dramatic story of the legal and emotional battle that raged between two of Oscar Wilde's closest friends - both former lovers - following the playwright's death
Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many readers of his day, and his stories for adults which exhibited his fascination with the relations between serene art and decadent life.
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 in Dublin Ireland. The son of Dublin intellectuals Oscar proved himself an outstanding classicist at Dublin, then at Oxford.
In spite of his Canadian background, Beaverbrook stood close to the nexus of Unionist power in Britain, including Winston Churchill, Andrew Bonar Law and David Lloyd George.
William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is best described as Ireland's national poet in addition to being one of the major twentieth-century literary figures of the English tongue.
The Last Introductions and the "Dublin" Edition William Butler Yeats, Edward Callan. BIBLIOGRAPHY Works by W. B. Yeats not listed in “ Abbreviations ” The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics . London 1892 .
Describes Irish authors who wrote mainly in the English language, foreign authors who made a significant contribution to Irish literature, and articles on general topics important to the literature.
... Hugh (archbishop of Armagh) 18,29,96, 316–317, 400 “Bounce to Fop” 42 Bowls, Sir John 317 Boyer, Abel 317 Boyle, Charles. ... See Gulliver, Mary Burton Burton, Samuel 319–320 Bushe, Arthur 73,313,320 Butler (character) 65 Butler, ...
Alexander Pope to Lord Orrery 3 Sept. 1740 1469. Swift to Mrs. Whiteway Feb. 3 , 1739-40 . 1485. Mrs. Whiteway to the Earl of Orvery Oct. 7 , 1740 . 1470. The Earl of Orrery to Swift ( early March 1740 ) 1486.