Description
If you're looking for a field guide to leprechauns, The Truth About the Irish is not the book for you. But if you can handle a frank and funny look into the minds and hearts of Irish people, you've been touched by that fabled Irish luck. Covering all things Irish from Blarney to Yeats, renowned literary and cultural critic Terry Eagleton separates the myths from the reality with his priceless blend of sidesplitting humor, caustic commentary, and the honest lowdown on the beloved and bewildering country of Ireland.
Author: Terry Eagleton
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 02/27/2001
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d
ISBN13: 9780312264031
ISBN10: 0312264038
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Ireland
- Humor | Topic | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
About the Author
Terry Eagleton is Wharton Professor of English Literature at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. One of the world's leading literary critics, his many academic books include Literary Theory: An Introduction. He is also author of the play Saint Oscar and the novel Saints and Scholars, along with two widely acclaimed studies of Ireland, Heathcliffe and the Great Hunger and Crazy John and the Bishop.