Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, The

Clarendon Press / Oxford, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears, now wrapped in clear protective cover. 618 pages with maps at back (Dublin city center et al. ) Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Book is an alphabetical listing of Irish authors and works with encapulated histories and bibliographies. Over 2000 entries, book surveys the Irish literary landscape across some sixteen centuries, describing its features and landmarks from the 4th century to the 1990's: fiction, poetry and drama. Authors such as Cu Chulainn , James Joyce, Adamman, Abbot of Iona, Roddy doyle, Brian Friel, Seamus Heaney, Edna O'Brien, works such as Tain bu Cauilnge, to Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent, O Cadhain's Cre na Cille, Anville's the Book of Evidence; etc.