List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Literature of Irish History
1. The Distant Past
2. Recurring Enmities
3. Rebellions, Famine, Emigration
4. Parnell and Cathleen ni Houlihan
5. Strumpet City: Strike, Lockout, Distress
6. 1916 Rebellion
The Life of the Irish Countryside
7. Dreams and Idylls: Yeats' Early Poetry
8. Realities: Synge and the West
The Later Poems of Yeats
9. Mature Destinations
The Life of the City
10. Dubliners
Growing Up in Ireland
11. Joyce and McGahern
Conclusion
Suggested Reading
Index