Irish story : telling tales and making it up in Ireland /: telling tales and making it up in Ireland. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: R.F. Foster.
• Other Names: Foster, R. F (Robert Fitzroy), 1949-
• Contents: The story of Ireland -- Theme-parks and histories -- "Colliding cultures": Leland Lyons and the reinterpretation of Irish history -- Yeats at war: poetic strategies and political reconstruction -- "When the newspapers have forgotten me": Yeats, obituarists and Irishness -- The normal and the national: Yeats and the boundaries of Irish writing -- Square-built power and fiery shorthand: Yeats, Carleton and the Irish nineteenth century -- Stopping the hunt: Trollope and the memory of Ireland -- Prints on the scene: Elizabeth Bowen and the landscape of childhood -- Selling Irish childhoods: Frank McCourt and Gerry Adams -- The salamander and the slap: Hubert Burler and his century -- Remembering 1798.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Allen Lane
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 281 pages)
• Subjects: 941.50072; HISTORY / Historiography; Historiography -- Ireland; Storytelling -- Ireland; Historiographie -- Irlande; Art de conter -- Irlande; HISTORY; Historiography; Storytelling; Geschiedverhalen; Mythen; Nationale identiteit; Historiography; Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge; Ireland -- Historiography; Ireland -- History; Irlande -- Historiographie; Irlande -- Histoire; Ireland; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780198036074; 0198036078; 9780141939537; 0141939532
• Related ISBNs: 0713994975; 9780713994971
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-266) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.