There's a very under-appreciated story by a leprechaun about a rainbow and a pot of mould. He's an anonymous leprechaun, just like the unknown soldier, but he was a great little writer.
There's a very under-appreciated story by a leprechaun about a rainbow and a pot of mould. He's an anonymous leprechaun, just like the unknown soldier, but he was a great little writer.
regarding more modern Irish authors William Trevor writes great short stories and Colm Toibin is quite elegant as well.
Trevor writes more directly about Irish experiences though.
Swift was Irish too. I think a lot of people find his work boring, but I actually enjoyed Gulliver's Travels.
“Yesterday's rose endures in its name, we hold empty names.”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
Charles Maturin...he wrote MELMOTH THE WANDERER...a MUST for Gothic-Afficionados
Sheridan Le Fanu...need I say more ?
Bram Stoker...The count is biting again
The Irish are maybe the most gifted when it comes to "spinning a strange yarn"
Really? I've only read 'Gulliver's Travels' and 'A Modest Proposal' but I thought that they were both excellent and assumed that most people felt the same.Originally Posted by Venerable Bede
Anyway, it seems to me that the OP is asking about literature that's about Ireland and Irish culture, not just authors that happen to be from Ireland.
I'd suggest J.M. Synge's 'The Playboy of the Western World'. It's a play about Irish rural peasants, so the language is very coloquial and as a result it feels very 'Irish'. In its day it was so controversial that there were riots both during and after performances!
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