Maureen O'Rourke Murphy
Series
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Editors Maureen O'Rourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature, including Old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs, and drama. For each author the editors provide a biographical sketch, a brief discussion of how his or her selections relate to a larger body of work, and a selected bibliography. This edition also features a larger sampling of women writers.