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Brendan Behan – A bit of a writer

Before his tragic death by self-destructive alcoholism at age 41, Brendan Behan was a celebrated Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish. Fifty...

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From the Archives – Irish University Review –‘Albert Nobbs’, Ladies and...

In the May 2013 issue of the Irish University Review, “Queering the Issue”, there were a number of articles on gender, identity and Queer Theory as related to Irish culture. Our featured article this...

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Irish University Review turns 50!

Irish University Review, the leading journal dedicated to Irish literary criticism, turns 50 this year, and to celebrate, we have launched a virtual issue that is available to read for free online...

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Four Irish Persephones

By Virginie Trachsler Frederick Leighton, ‘The Return of Persephone’Source: WikiMedia The young Persephone is gathering flowers in a meadow when her uncle Hades, god of the underworld, rises through a...

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Beckett and Embodiment: Body, Space and Agency – Q&A with the author

by Amanda M. Dennis Tell us a bit about your book. Beckett and Embodiment interrogates the strange, disconcerting representations of the human body across Samuel Beckett’s work. Such attention to the...

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