THE CELTIC CROSS; STUDIES IN IRISH CULTURE AND LITERATURE. Books For Libraries Press Essay Index Reprint Series.

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Published by New York: Books For Libraries Press - Arno Press, Inc., 1970., 1970

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Ex-college library copy. Reprint edition. 154 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Dark purple boards, moderate sunning to spine with patch of surface tearing and abrasion from where library shelf sticker was removed, patch of sticker residue remains on spine and upon adjacent area of boards. Front free endpaper removed; library stamp on front pastedown obscured under swath of black marker; second library stamp on rear pastedown; past owner's signature at top of title page. No other library marks readily apparent after a quick perusal and interior pages are clean. Reprint of the 1964 first edition published by Purdue University Studies featuring eleven essays, all but two of which were read at the first conference of the American Committee for Irish Studies held at Purdue University in 1963. Essays are organized within three sections - Literature; Folklore and Popular Culture; and History - and are as follows: "Stephen's Aesthetic in 'A Portrait of the Artist'" by Edward Brandabur; "Comment" by Maurice Beebe; "The Poetry of Austin Clarke" by George Brandon Saul; "The Later Poetry of Austin Clarke" by Maurice Harmon; "The Private Pilgrimage of Austin Clarke" by William John Roscelli; "Matthew Arnold and 'Celtic Magic'" by MacEdward Leach; "The Paine-Burke Controversy in Eighteenth-century Irish Popular Songs" by Ray B. Browne; "The Irish Short Story and Oral Tradition" by Vivian Mercier; "Comment" by Richard Loftus; "The Quarrel Among the Roman Catholic Hierarchy over the National System of Education in Ireland 1838-41" by Emmet Larkin; and "Comment" by Gilbert Cahill. ISBN 0836917448.…

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Title
THE CELTIC CROSS; STUDIES IN IRISH CULTURE AND LITERATURE. Books For Libraries Press Essay Index Reprint Series.
Author
Browne, Ray B., William John Roscelli, and Richard Loftus (editors). American Committee for Irish Studies. [Austin Clarke, 1896-1974.]
Publisher
New York: Books For Libraries Press - Arno Press, Inc., 1970.
Publication year
1970
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Dust Jacket Included
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Hardcover
Language
English
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9780836917444
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