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Although Irish has been used as a literary language for more than 1,500 years (see Irish literature), and modern literature in Irish dates – as in most European languages – to the 16th century, modern Irish literature owes much of its popularity to the 19th century Gaelic Revival, a cultural and language revival movement, [1] and to the efforts of more recent poets and writers.
Robert Anthony Welch was an emeritus professor of English and former dean of the faculty at the University of Ulster.He joined the university in 1984 as professor of English and head of the School of English, Media, and Theatre Studies, having previously taught at the School of English, University of Leeds, and the University of Ife in Nigeria.
Yeats was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Yeats was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Irishman so honoured. [6]
Nationalism, Colonialism, and Literature (1990) Ideology: An Introduction (1991–2007) Wittgenstein: The Terry Eagleton Script, The Derek Jarman Film (1993) Literary Theory (1996) The Illusions of Postmodernism (1996) Heathcliff and the Great Hunger (1996) Marx and Freedom (1997) Crazy John and the Bishop and Other Essays on Irish Culture (1998)
Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. [1] Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history , moral philosophy, social philosophy, and interdisciplinary themes relevant to how people interpret meaning . [ 1 ]
Posnett was born in Dublin, Ireland. [3] He graduated from Trinity College in that city. [4] From 1885 until 1890 Posnett held the Chair of Classics and English Literature at the University of Auckland although he also examined students in economics.
Irish literature is literature written in the Irish, Latin, English and Scots (Ulster Scots) languages on the island of Ireland.The earliest recorded Irish writing dates from back in the 7th century and was produced by monks writing in both Latin and Early Irish, including religious texts, poetry and mythological tales.
Murphy was born to an Anglo-Irish family at Milford House, near the County Mayo–Galway border, in 1927. [1] He spent much of his early childhood in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) where his father William Lindsay Murphy served in the Colonial Service and was active as mayor of Colombo, later becoming Governor General of the Bahamas (in succession to the Duke of Windsor). [1]