A companion to Irish literature

Featuring new essays by international literary scholars, the two-volume Companion to Irish Literature encompasses the full breadth of Ireland's literary tradition from the Middle Ages to the present day.: Covers an unprecedented historical range of Irish literature; Arranged in two volumes covering Irish literature from the medieval period to 1900, and its development through the twentieth century to the present day; Presents a re-visioning of twentieth-century Irish literature and a collection of the most up-to-date scholarship in the field as a whole; Includes a substantial number of women.