In three urgent pieces of non-fiction Anne Enright explores speech and silence in the lives of Irish women.
Beginning with the author's celebrated study of the changing standards of behaviour of the secular upper classes in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, this title... Læs mere
Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of 'relaxation' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resolution.
Imaginary Bonnets with Real Bees in Them is the third volume in The Poet's Chair series, publishing the public lectures of the Ireland Professors of Poetry. The... Læs mere
Stones in Water explores how the inherited built environment is understood and valued. This inheritance, created by the forebears of communities... Læs mere
Paul Durcan examines the work and impact of Irish poets Anthony Cronin, Michael Hartnett and Harry Clifton and places them in a European context. He focuses on Cronin's The End of the Modern World, Hartnett's Sibelius in Silence and Clifton's Vaucluse in this insightful volume.
John Montague speaks of finding his own voice and of wandering around the world to discover the self you were born with. He also shares his thoughts on the long... Læs mere
An Underground Theatre is the first full-length study of playwrights working in the Irish language in the pivotal 1930-80 period.... Læs mere
Intends to chart Irish musical life across recorded history. This book also documents Ireland's musical relations with the world at large, notably in Britain,... Læs mere
Including the consolidated index to the Collected Works as a whole, this title contains two substantial supplements: a long and important critique on Freud... Læs mere
Situates the human capacity for forming symbols in the long-term biological evolution of Homo sapiens, showing how it is linked through communication and orientation to group survival.... Læs mere