M. Parker - Böcker

Drawing on interviews with producers, directors, and scholars, and examining the DVD's supplementary features, this book explores how the format, at its best, combines the enthusiasm of a fan, cinematic nostalgia, and scholarly insight.

Northern Irish Literature, 1975-2006 and its companion volume, Northern Irish Literature 1956-75 , examine the contexts for literary production over the past fifty years, addressing the troubled intersections of literature, history and politics. These volumes explore the diversity that is Northern Irish literature.

Recent years have witnessed an extraordinary growth in the richness and diversity of Irish fiction, with the publication of highly original and consistently challenging work by both new and established writers.

Northern Irish Literature, 1956-1975 and its companion volume, Northern Irish Literature 1975-2006 , examine the contexts for literary production over the past fifty years, addressing the troubled intersections of literature, history and politics. These volumes explore the diversity that is Northern Irish literature.

Provides an account of Seamus Heaney's early life, and the experiences, influences and relationships - personal, literary and political - that shaped his poetic development. The result of six years' research, this book includes a considerable amount of original material including photographs, interviews, insights into possible "sources" of his poems, commentary on unpublished poems and drafts, as well as readings of each of Heaney's collections including "Seeing Things".

The final years of the 20th century have witnessed an extraordinary growth in the richness and diversity of Irish fiction, with the publication of highly original and often challenging work by both new and established writers. This study provides an introduction to this exciting but largely uncharted area of literary criticism by bringing together 12 accessible essays by critics from Ireland, Britain and North America.

The final years of the 20th century have witnessed an extraordinary growth in the richness and diversity of Irish fiction, with the publication of highly original and often challenging work by both new and established writers. This study provides an introduction to this exciting but largely uncharted area of literary criticism by bringing together 12 accessible essays by critics from Ireland, Britain and North America.