Irish Literature



Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney : The Making of the Poet
by Michael Parker
US $27.95
Published by Univ of Iowa Pr, April 1, 1993
"A detailed account of [Heaney's] upbringing as
a Catholic amidst the civil war in Northern Ireland."
—Booknews, Inc.
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cover Selected Poems 1966-1987
by Seamus Heaney
US $12.00
Published by Noonday Pr, Dec 1991
"This collection reveals the range, sureness,
and quality of [Heaney's] achievements.
Includes the complete and revised version
of his long poem, "Station Island," as well
as a number of prose poems previously
unpublished in the U.S."—Amazon.com.


Seamus Heaney
by Michael Allen (Editor)
US $17.95
Published by St Martins Pr , June 1, 1997
Fifteen new critical essays on Heaney.
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Flann O'Brien

cover At Swim-Two-Birds
by Flann O'Brien
US $11.16
Reissue Edition
Published by Plume, March 1990
"A modernist masterpiece, the best-known
fictional work of Irish newspaper writer Flann
O'Brien. Published in 1939, the book's great
charm is O'Brien's constant reinvention of the
English language."—Amazon.com.
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cover The Third Policeman
by Flann O'Brien
US $10.36
Reissue Edition
Published by New American Library Trade,Oct. 1986
"A comic trip through hell in Ireland, as told by
a murderer, The Third Policeman is another
inspired bit of confusing and comic lunacy from
the warped imagination and lovably demented
pen of Flann O'Brien."—Amazon.com.
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No Laughing Matter : The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien
by Anthony Cronin
US $20.97
Published by Fromm Intl, January 1, 1998
A brand new O'Brien biography.



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