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...
View ArticleFrom 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...
View ArticleIrish 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...
View ArticleFour 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...
View ArticleBeckett 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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