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This remarkable memoir of immigration and assimilation provides a rare view of urban life in Chicago in the late 1800s by a newcomer to the city and the Midwest, and the nation as well. Francis O'Neill left Ireland in 1865. After five years traveling the world as a sailor, he and his family settled in Chicago just shortly before the Great Fire of 1871. His memoir also brings to life the challenges involved in succeeding in a new land, providing for his family, and integrating into a new culture. Francis O'Neill serves as a fine documentarian of the Irish immigrant experience in Chicago.
Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia brings together in one authoritative resource the multiple facets of life in Ireland before and after the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169, from the sixth to sixteenth century. Multidisciplinary in coverage, this A–Z reference work provides information on historical events, economics, politics, the arts, religion, intellectual history, and many other aspects of the period. With over 345 essays ranging from 250 to 2,500 words, Medieval Ireland paints a lively and colorful portrait of the time. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages website.
"A breadth of interdisciplinary voices" discuss how geographical insularity - specifically that of Britain and Ireland - has affected artistic tradition.
"The Early Irish Monastic Schools: A Study of Ireland’s Contribution to Early Medieval Culture" by way of Hugh Graham is a scholarly exploration that unveils the profound effect of Irish monastic faculties at the cultural landscape of early medieval times. Graham, a committed historian, delves into Ireland's rich history to light up the pivotal function played with the aid of these monastic establishments in shaping the intellectual, non-secular, and academic milieu of the era. The book meticulously lines the development of Irish monastic colleges, highlighting their precise contributions to early medieval way of life. Graham's studies encompass the religious teachings, scholarly interests...
This book provides a critical assessment and examination of the prose and poetry of Ireland's Samuel Ferguson. It presents a clear understanding of the shape and purpose of Ferguson's career as a writer, which extended over half a century. The scholarly sources from which Ferguson extracted many of his themes are carefully examined, as are the times during which Ferguson lived and wrote. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Irish literature, and the politics and history of nineteenth century Ireland. CONTENTS Introduction; Early Periodical Writings; Hibernian Nights' Entertainments R and Other Fiction; The 1840s: A New Beginning; Lays of the Western Gael and Other Poems I; Lays of the Western Gael and Other Poems II; Congal; Poems; Passing On; Notes; Samuel Ferguson: A Chronology; A Checklist of Samuel Ferguson's Published Writings; Bibliography; Index R. Irish Literary Studies Series No. 39.
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