Description
This long-awaited selection of essays and reviews from one of Ireland's leading critics brings together a wealth of ref lection, observation and astute literary comment. It ranges in time from William Carleton to Edna O'Brien, and in subject matter from recent Irish poetry to ghosts, children's books and MI5. Patricia Craig holds strong opinions on literary mer- it, and some of the essays collected in this book are less than adulatory. For example, she has included a highly critical, but good-humoured and amusing re- assessment of Somerville and Ross; and a couple of recent critical studies come in for a somewhat sharp evaluation.Where the tone is moderately unadmiring it is always justified (if provocative), and contributes to the overall balance of the collection. In short, Kilclief & Other Essays presents an original, diverting, intelligent and thought-provoking assem- bly of essays and reviews. Patricia Craig's latest book should appeal to the general reader as well as to those whose interests are more specialised, and it deserves a wide audience, not only in Ireland but also in the United Kingdom and beyond.
Irish Pages is Ireland's premier literary journal, combining a large general readership with outstanding writing from Ireland and overseas. Each issue assembles a carefully edited mix of English and Irish, prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction, style and subject matter, in an overall fit aimed at a wide range of reading tastes. "One of the finest literary journals in the English-speaking world - and certainly the best in Ireland." Angus McLeod
About the Author
Patricia Craig was born and grew up in Belfast. She spent many years in London, and returned to live in Northern Ireland in 1999. A highly dis- tinguished critic, reviewer and essayist, she is the author of two biographies, three memoirs, and (with Mary Cadogan) three critical studies. She has edited many anthologies, including The Oxford Book of Ireland, The Belfast Anthology and The Ulster Anthology. She was awarded a Wingate Scholarship in 2002, and has been on the Board of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry.Volume Three of her extended memoir, Asking for Trouble, is forthcoming.
Reviews
;"Patricia Craig is not only Ireland's greatest reader, she is also ... line by line, page by page, one of its finest, wittiest writers." Glenn Patterson, novelist
Book Information
ISBN 9781838201814
Author Patricia Craig
Format Hardback
Imprint IRISH PAGES
Publisher IRISH PAGES
Irish Pages is Ireland's premier literary journal, combining a large general readership with outstanding writing from Ireland and overseas. Each issue assembles a carefully edited mix of English and Irish, prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction, style and subject matter, in an overall fit aimed at a wide range of reading tastes. "One of the finest literary journals in the English-speaking world - and certainly the best in Ireland." Angus McLeod
About the Author
Patricia Craig was born and grew up in Belfast. She spent many years in London, and returned to live in Northern Ireland in 1999. A highly dis- tinguished critic, reviewer and essayist, she is the author of two biographies, three memoirs, and (with Mary Cadogan) three critical studies. She has edited many anthologies, including The Oxford Book of Ireland, The Belfast Anthology and The Ulster Anthology. She was awarded a Wingate Scholarship in 2002, and has been on the Board of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry.Volume Three of her extended memoir, Asking for Trouble, is forthcoming.
Reviews
;"Patricia Craig is not only Ireland's greatest reader, she is also ... line by line, page by page, one of its finest, wittiest writers." Glenn Patterson, novelist
Book Information
ISBN 9781838201814
Author Patricia Craig
Format Hardback
Imprint IRISH PAGES
Publisher IRISH PAGES
