Bearing Witness: Essays on Anglo-Irish LiteratureThough written decades ago, these essays by Professor Martin are a lucid and eloquent testimony to his gifts for bringing the literary texts he discusses to life and matching apt quotation with illuminating commentary in the act of literary judgment. These essays continue to stand as a passionate encounter with literary Ireland. -- Publisher description. |
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An Experiment | 14 |
Yeats Remembered | 26 |
Christy Mahon and the Apotheosis of Loneliness | 32 |
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