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Not for the nostalgic or the romantic who prefers a soft-focus vision of prelapsarian paradise to a real people and place. An anthology of stories, poems, songs, folklore, and extracts from longer works that explore the nature and condition of the Irish people through their attitudes towards a major holiday. Many juxtapositions of pieces contrast the experiences of the natives with those of the occupying forces. First published in Britain in 1985. No subject index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Irish Christmas Book: Christmas as It Was and Could Be FROM THE PUBLISHER
This warm, spicy treat of a book is a splendid anthology of Irish writing - stories, poems, songs, letters, folklore, and extracts from famous novels, histories, and biographies. Rich ingredients culled from the work of writers as diverse as Yeats, Behan, Longley, Kavanagh, Joyce, Heaney, Binchy, MacNeice, Kiely, and MacLaverty. Illustrated throughout with appealing woodcuts, photographs, and line drawings, this collection is perfect for dipping into over Christmas and throughout the year.
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Not for the nostalgic or the romantic who prefers a soft-focus vision of prelapsarian paradise to a real people and place. An anthology of stories, poems, songs, folklore, and extracts from longer works that explore the nature and condition of the Irish people through their attitudes towards a major holiday. Many juxtapositions of pieces contrast the experiences of the natives with those of the occupying forces. First published in Britain in 1985. No subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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