Robert Welch is Professor of English at the University of Ulster at Coleraine. He is the author of a number of books on Irish literature; editor of The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature and a poet and translator. Muskerry, a volume of his poetry, appeared in 1991.

• Preface 1 CHANGE AND STASIS IN IRISH WRITING 2 LANGUAGE AND TRADITION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 3 GEORGE MOORE: ‘THE LAW OF CHANGE IS THE LAW OF LIFE’ 4 W.B.YEATS: ‘THE WHEEL WHERE THE WORLD IS BUTTERFLY’ 5 J.M.SYNGE: ‘TRANSFIGURED REALISM’ 6 JAMES JOYCE: ‘HE RESTS. HE HAS TRAVELLED’ 7 JOYCE CARY: ‘WONDERING AT DIFFERENCE’ 8 FRANCIS STUART: ‘WE ARE ALL ONE FLESH’ 9 SAMUEL BECKETT: ‘MATRIX OF SURDS’ 10 MÁIRTÍN Ó CADHAIN: ‘REPOSSESSING IRELAND’ 11 SEÁN Ó RÍORDÁIN: ‘RENEWING THE BASIC PATTERN’ 12 BRIAN FRIEL: ‘ISN’T THIS YOUR JOB TO TRANSLATE?’ 13 SEAMUS HEANEY: ‘LEAVING EVERYTHING’ 14 MOVEMENT AND AUTHORITY: ‘SUDDENLY YOU’RE THROUGH’. CODA: SEERS AND DANCERS

Robert Welch is Professor of English at the University of Ulster at Coleraine. He is the author of a number of books on Irish literature; editor of The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature and a poet and translator. Muskerry, a volume of his poetry, appeared in 1991.

• Preface 1 CHANGE AND STASIS IN IRISH WRITING 2 LANGUAGE AND TRADITION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 3 GEORGE MOORE: ‘THE LAW OF CHANGE IS THE LAW OF LIFE’ 4 W.B.YEATS: ‘THE WHEEL WHERE THE WORLD IS BUTTERFLY’ 5 J.M.SYNGE: ‘TRANSFIGURED REALISM’ 6 JAMES JOYCE: ‘HE RESTS. HE HAS TRAVELLED’ 7 JOYCE CARY: ‘WONDERING AT DIFFERENCE’ 8 FRANCIS STUART: ‘WE ARE ALL ONE FLESH’ 9 SAMUEL BECKETT: ‘MATRIX OF SURDS’ 10 MÁIRTÍN Ó CADHAIN: ‘REPOSSESSING IRELAND’ 11 SEÁN Ó RÍORDÁIN: ‘RENEWING THE BASIC PATTERN’ 12 BRIAN FRIEL: ‘ISN’T THIS YOUR JOB TO TRANSLATE?’ 13 SEAMUS HEANEY: ‘LEAVING EVERYTHING’ 14 MOVEMENT AND AUTHORITY: ‘SUDDENLY YOU’RE THROUGH’. CODA: SEERS AND DANCERS

Robert Welch is Professor of English at the University of Ulster at Coleraine. He is the author of a number of books on Irish literature; editor of The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature and a poet and translator. Muskerry, a volume of his poetry, appeared in 1991.

• Preface 1 CHANGE AND STASIS IN IRISH WRITING 2 LANGUAGE AND TRADITION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 3 GEORGE MOORE: ‘THE LAW OF CHANGE IS THE LAW OF LIFE’ 4 W.B.YEATS: ‘THE WHEEL WHERE THE WORLD IS BUTTERFLY’ 5 J.M.SYNGE: ‘TRANSFIGURED REALISM’ 6 JAMES JOYCE: ‘HE RESTS. HE HAS TRAVELLED’ 7 JOYCE CARY: ‘WONDERING AT DIFFERENCE’ 8 FRANCIS STUART: ‘WE ARE ALL ONE FLESH’ 9 SAMUEL BECKETT: ‘MATRIX OF SURDS’ 10 MÁIRTÍN Ó CADHAIN: ‘REPOSSESSING IRELAND’ 11 SEÁN Ó RÍORDÁIN: ‘RENEWING THE BASIC PATTERN’ 12 BRIAN FRIEL: ‘ISN’T THIS YOUR JOB TO TRANSLATE?’ 13 SEAMUS HEANEY: ‘LEAVING EVERYTHING’ 14 MOVEMENT AND AUTHORITY: ‘SUDDENLY YOU’RE THROUGH’. CODA: SEERS AND DANCERS