| Description |
xvi, 567 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Hour of death -- Fionn in search of his youth -- Cromwell and the friar -- Girl and the sailor -- Four-leafed shamrock and the cock -- Cow that ate the piper -- Conal and Donal and Taig -- Adventures of a strolling player / Oliver Goldsmith -- Limerick gloves / Maria Edgeworth -- Death of a devotee / William Carleton -- Brown man / Gerald Griffin -- Green tea / Sheridan Le Fanu -- Albert Nobbs / George Moore -- Sphinx without a secret / Oscar Wilde -- Philippa's fox-hunt / E. E. Somerville & Martin Ross -- Priest / Daniel Corkery -- Weaver's grave / Seumas O'Kelly --Dead / James Joyce -- My little black ass / Padraic O Conaire -- Triangle / James Stephens -- Bush river / Joyce Cary -- Pedlar's revenge ; Fanatic / Liam O'Flaherty -- Her table spread / Elizabeth Bowen -- Faithless wife ; Sugawn chair / Sean O'Faolain -- Guests of the nation ; Majesty of the law / Frank O'Connor -- Pastorale / Patrick Boyle -- Hare-lip / Martin O Cadhain -- Poteen maker / Michael McLaverty -- Ring / Bryan MacMahon -- Sarah / Mary Lavin -- Desert Island / Terence De Vere White -- Pilgrims / Benedict Kiely -- Weep for our pride / James Plunkett -- Loser / Val Mulkerns -- Bird I fancied / Aidan Higgins -- Death in Jerusalem / William Trevor -- Diviner / Brian Friel -- Occasion of sin / John Montague -- Irish revel / Edna O'Brien -- First conjugation / Julia O'Faolain -- Beginning of an idea / John McGahern -- Life drawing / Bernard Mac Laverty -- Airedale / Desmond Hogan |
| Summary |
Anthology of 45 stories |
| Analysis |
Short stories in English Irish writers, 1900- - Anthologies |
| Notes |
Short stories |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes index of authors |
| Subject |
English fiction -- Irish authors.
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Short stories, English -- Irish authors.
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Short stories, English.
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Short stories, Irish.
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104236
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Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115515
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Trevor, William, 1928-2016.
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| LC no. |
88028147 |
| ISBN |
0192141805 |
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