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Paperback. Zustand: New. Mapping the changes that have occurred in Irish literature over the past fifty years, this volume includes twenty-one writers, poets, and playwrights from the North and South of Ireland, who tell their own stories. They are funny, tragic, angry, philosophical, but all are vivid personal accounts of their experiences as women writing during a pivotal period in the history of Ireland. With a foreword by Martina Devlin, and an introduction by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the anthology includes essays by Cherry Smyth, Mary Morrissy, Lia Mills, Moya Cannon, Aine Ní Ghlinn, Catherine Dunne, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Mary O'Donnell, Mary O'Malley, Ruth Carr, Evelyn Conlon, Anne Devlin, Ivy Bannister, Sophia Hillan, Medbh McGuckian, Mary Dorcey, Celia de Fréine, Máiríde Woods, Liz McManus, Mary Rose Callaghan, and Phyl Herbert.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. A better than very good copy, firm and square, strong joints, no splits, just a trifle rubbed. Contents tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in presentable condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. xxii, 270 pages : map ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780807083208, 9780807083253, 0807083208, 0807083259 ; OCLC 19886086 ; beige-yellow cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: In the middle of the fields / Mary Lavin -- Housekeeper's cut / Clare Boylan -- Midwife to the fairies / Eilis Ni Dhuibhne -- Granny / Bernadette Matthews -- The bride of Christ / Eithne Strong -- The wall-reader / Fiona Barr -- The day of the christening / Harriet O'Carroll -- Melancholy baby / Julia O'Faolain -- Pure invention / Anne Le Marquand Hartigan -- The intruders / Rita Kelly -- Naming the names / Anne Devlin -- Amnesty / Maeve Kelly -- A family picnic / Ita Daly -- Made in heaven / Maura Treacy -- Sister Imelda / Edna O'Brien -- One word / Juanita Casey -- Park-going days / Evelyn Conlon -- Trio / Jennifer Johnston -- All fall down / Helen Lucy Burke -- A day in the dark / Elizabeth Bowen -- The foundress / Emma Cooke -- Shepherd's bush / Maeve Binchy -- Failing years / Mary Beckett -- A curse / Brenda Murphy -- Village without men / Margaret Barrington -- Checkpoint / Ann McKay -- The dove of peace / Leland Bardwell ; A collection of twenty-seven short stories by Irish women writers. The first collection of contemporary short stories by Irish women writers to appear in the United States. ; Louise A. DeSalvo (1942-2018) was an American writer, editor, professor, and lecturer who lived in New Jersey. ; Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy's Irish roots stem from County Offaly and Tipperary. Her parents emigrated from Ireland in the 1920s and she was born and raised in Manhattan, in Holy Name Parish. Her mother, Kathleen Kearney Walsh, was a founding member and president of the Offaly Association, the first woman director of the United Irish Counties Association, the founder of the Irish Hospital Cheer Committee, and the president and founder of the East Hampton Irish American Club.Her father, Patrick F. Walsh, was a famous bandleader in New York, a member of the Musicians' Union, the Hotel Workers' Union, and the Tipperary Association.As a child, Kathleen was immersed in Irish culture. She was a step dancer with the McNiff School and a competitor in the U.I.C Feis, dancing and singing. She marched and step-danced up the avenue in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. She spent time in Ireland as a child and teenager, later living in Dublin in the early 70s, working for Sinn Fein. Kathleen has worked as a writer, editor, teacher and social worker. She compiled and co-edited "Territories of the Voice/Short Fiction by Irish Women Writers" (Beacon Press). As a social worker, she has worked with homebound elders, teen mothers, and domestic violence survivors. ; Katherine Hogan teaches English and Latin at Pearl River High School in New York. Her doctoral dissertation was a study of the political works of Seamus Heaney. ; FINE/FINE. Book. …

Paperback. Zustand: New. Mapping the changes that have occurred in Irish literature over the past fifty years, this volume includes twenty-one writers, poets, and playwrights from the North and South of Ireland, who tell their own stories. They are funny, tragic, angry, philosophical, but all are vivid personal accounts of their experiences as women writing during a pivotal period in the history of Ireland. With a foreword by Martina Devlin, and an introduction by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the anthology includes essays by Cherry Smyth, Mary Morrissy, Lia Mills, Moya Cannon, Aine Ní Ghlinn, Catherine Dunne, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Mary O'Donnell, Mary O'Malley, Ruth Carr, Evelyn Conlon, Anne Devlin, Ivy Bannister, Sophia Hillan, Medbh McGuckian, Mary Dorcey, Celia de Fréine, Máiríde Woods, Liz McManus, Mary Rose Callaghan, and Phyl Herbert.…

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Mild tape stains to endpapers (previous owner's poorly applied plastic cover) and top corner of front free endpaper is clipped. DJ has mild rubbing to spine ends and corners. xii, 196 pages. A now uncommon history of working women in Australia by two of the most notable feminists of the period. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Zustand: new. Expédition le jour même. Libraire depuis 28 ans. Envoi soigné avec suivi.