A. NORMAN JEFFARES is Professor of English Studies in the University of Stirling. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Life President of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish literature. He is the author of numerous books on Anglo-Irish writers.

• Editor's PrefaceIntroductionPART 1: THE COMPLEX TRADITIONIrish and NormanEarly WritingsPART 2: COLONIAL AND ASCENDANCYThe Early Eighteenth CenturyThe Later Eighteenth CenturyPART 3: THE NINETEENTH CENTURYFrom the Act of Union to the fall of Parnell 1800-91The First QuarterThe Second QuarterAfter the FamineEnds and BeginningsPART 4: MODERN POETRYTwilight to Twentieth CenturyWilliam Butler YeatsThe Celtic TwilightDouglas Hyde and AEA New GenerationAncient and ModernPART 5: MODERN FICTIONFrom George Moore to Brian MooreGeorge MooreIreland Seen Through Different AttitudesJames JoyceLesser TalentsA Middle StateIrish-Centred FictionIdiosyncratic InnovatorsForties to EightiesPART 6: MODERN DRAMAShaw to BeckettGeorge Bernard ShawThe Earlier Abbey DramatistsO'Casey and the TwentiesThe Thirties OnwardsSamuel BeckettAppendicesSelect BibliographyChronological TableIndex.

A. NORMAN JEFFARES is Professor of English Studies in the University of Stirling. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Life President of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish literature. He is the author of numerous books on Anglo-Irish writers.

• Editor's PrefaceIntroductionPART 1: THE COMPLEX TRADITIONIrish and NormanEarly WritingsPART 2: COLONIAL AND ASCENDANCYThe Early Eighteenth CenturyThe Later Eighteenth CenturyPART 3: THE NINETEENTH CENTURYFrom the Act of Union to the fall of Parnell 1800-91The First QuarterThe Second QuarterAfter the FamineEnds and BeginningsPART 4: MODERN POETRYTwilight to Twentieth CenturyWilliam Butler YeatsThe Celtic TwilightDouglas Hyde and AEA New GenerationAncient and ModernPART 5: MODERN FICTIONFrom George Moore to Brian MooreGeorge MooreIreland Seen Through Different AttitudesJames JoyceLesser TalentsA Middle StateIrish-Centred FictionIdiosyncratic InnovatorsForties to EightiesPART 6: MODERN DRAMAShaw to BeckettGeorge Bernard ShawThe Earlier Abbey DramatistsO'Casey and the TwentiesThe Thirties OnwardsSamuel BeckettAppendicesSelect BibliographyChronological TableIndex.

A. NORMAN JEFFARES is Professor of English Studies in the University of Stirling. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Life President of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish literature. He is the author of numerous books on Anglo-Irish writers.

• Editor's PrefaceIntroductionPART 1: THE COMPLEX TRADITIONIrish and NormanEarly WritingsPART 2: COLONIAL AND ASCENDANCYThe Early Eighteenth CenturyThe Later Eighteenth CenturyPART 3: THE NINETEENTH CENTURYFrom the Act of Union to the fall of Parnell 1800-91The First QuarterThe Second QuarterAfter the FamineEnds and BeginningsPART 4: MODERN POETRYTwilight to Twentieth CenturyWilliam Butler YeatsThe Celtic TwilightDouglas Hyde and AEA New GenerationAncient and ModernPART 5: MODERN FICTIONFrom George Moore to Brian MooreGeorge MooreIreland Seen Through Different AttitudesJames JoyceLesser TalentsA Middle StateIrish-Centred FictionIdiosyncratic InnovatorsForties to EightiesPART 6: MODERN DRAMAShaw to BeckettGeorge Bernard ShawThe Earlier Abbey DramatistsO'Casey and the TwentiesThe Thirties OnwardsSamuel BeckettAppendicesSelect BibliographyChronological TableIndex.