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The book considers the impact of European history from WW1 onwards on Irish writing and provides a narrative from 1914 through 1916, to the Civil War in Ireland and Spain, the experiences of WW2 and the emergence of the northern ‘Troubles; concluding with the revisiting of ‘history’ in the current generation of Irish writers, including as postscript a critical ‘memoir’. The book examines the interconnections between a number of Irish poets (W B Yeats, Thomas MacGreevy, Francis Ledwidge, Charles Donnelly, among many others) and novelists (Christabel Bielenberg, William Trevor, Benedict Kiely, Paul Murray) and the underlying political causes of nationalism and unionism, north and south, since the partition of Ireland alongside an exploration of various influences of European culture on Irish writing.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Frontispiece, Copyright, Dedication, Epigraphs
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  1. Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. p. viii
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. p. ix
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  1. Introduction: Of War and War’s Alarms
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  1. Chapter 1: Earth Voices Whispering
  2. pp. 21-32
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  1. Chapter 2: Pledged to Ireland
  2. pp. 33-52
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  1. Chapter 3: All the Strains Criss-cross
  2. pp. 53-64
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  1. Chapter 4: Meditation in Time of Civil War
  2. pp. 65-74
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  1. Chapter 5: Child of the Revolution
  2. pp. 75-86
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  1. Chapter 6: Exchanging Messages
  2. pp. 87-100
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  1. Chapter 7: My Hierarchy of Values
  2. pp. 101-112
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  1. Chapter 8: Our Town
  2. pp. 113-124
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  1. Chapter 9: Odd Man Out
  2. pp. 125-140
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  1. Chapter 10: The War Came Down on Us Here
  2. pp. 141-155
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 156-175
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 176-183
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 184-194
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  1. Back Cover
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