Describes the social, intellectual, and physical background in which Joyce wrote, and describes how he used Dublin and Ireland in his writings

James Joyce's Ireland

Literature & Fiction

David Pierce

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

William Butler Yeats was Ireland's leading poet, chief architect of the Irish Literary Revival, and, according to T. S. Eliot, 'one of those few whose history is the history of their own time, who are part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them'. In this absorbing new study, David Pierce provides a fresh perspective, one that attends as much to Yeats's English contexts as his Irish ones and to the preoccupations of his art. If he was critical of British attitudes towards Ireland, Yeats was also much taken with English life, with the coterie atmosphere of the Rhymers' Club in the 1890s, with membership of the Savile Club in London, with gatherings at English country houses. For this intimate portrait of Yeats, Pierce pays particular attention to the hitherto unappreciated role of the poet's English wife, George Yeats, whose presence, influence, and humour can be felt throughout the book. Interweaving biography, criticism and history, Pierce follows Yeats's life from his birth in Dublin in 1865 to his death in the South of France in 1939. He describes Yeats's family and home; his interest in the oral tradition, the occult and automatic writing; his literary activities in London and Dublin; his work with the Abbey Theatre and his life during the First World War; his response to the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War; his friendship wide fellow-modernist Ezra Pound; his sympathy with fascism; and his rage against old age. Enriched with a wide range of illustrative material, including specially commissioned photographs, the book affords a timely reassessment of Yeats's worlds.

Yeats's Worlds: Ireland, England and the Poetic Imagination

In this absorbing analysis of modern Irish writing, an acknowledged expert considers the hybrid character of modern Irish writing to show how language, culture, and history have been affected by the colonial encounter between Ireland and Britain. Examining the great themes of loss and struggle, David Pierce traces the impact on Irish writing of the Great Famine and cultural nationalism and considers the way the work of Ireland’s two leading writers, W. B.Yeats and James Joyce, complicate and elucidate our view of the harp and the crown.” The book draws a contrast between the West of Ireland in the 1930s, when the new Irish State enjoyed its first full independent decade, and the North of Ireland in the 1980s, when the spectre of British imperialism threatened the stability of Ireland. Pierce then surveys contemporary Irish writing and reflects on the legacy of the colonial encounter and on the passage to a postmodern or postnationalist Ireland in the work of such crucial living writers as John Banville, Derek Mahon, and John McGahern.

Light, Freedom and Song: A Cultural History of Modern Irish Writing

British & Irish

Ratcage

Steiger International

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Selling in the Sport Industry

Chad McEvoy

Nels K. Popp

Sports & Outdoors

Kendall/Hunt Publishing

The Survival of American Silent Feature Films: 1912-1929

The era of the American silent feature film lasted from 1912 until 1929. During that time, filmmakers established the language of cinema, and the motion pictures they created reached a height of artistic sophistication. These films, with their recognizable stars and high production values, spread American culture around the world. Silent feature films disappeared from sight soon after the coming of sound, and many vanished from existence. This book focuses on those titles that have managed to survive to the present day and represents the first comprehensive survey of the survival of American silent feature films. The author's findings tell us that only 14% of the feature films produced in the United States during the period 1912-1929 survive in the format in which they were originally produced and distributed, i.e., as complete works on 35mm film. Another 11% survive in full-length foreign versions or on film formats of lesser image quality such as 16mm and other smaller gauge formats.

Humor & Entertainment

Council on Library and Information Resources, and Library of Congress

Without a doubt, some of the best high school football in America is played right here in Georgia. The game is a thrilling distraction especially south of the gnat line where fans are very passionate about their boys. Maybe you ve heard of Valdosta, Lowndes, Northside of Warner Robins or Camden. They re the bigger schools. But there are smaller schools in rural southern Georgia whose boys will put the hurt on you just as quick. Ever heard of Clinch County? Charlton? Macon County? What about Fitzgerald? Certainly, you have heard of Fitzgerald. Everybody has. That town is famous as the old colony city, and they field a fine bunch of boys, big and hard to move. Well, in this book, you will get to know Fitzgerald s little neighbor and its boys. Welcome to Ocilla, the seat of Irwin County. Ocilla? Take a tour, now, on the Big Red train through the community s rich and colorful gridiron history as Ocilla native David Pierce, in his first published work, Our Boys -- a team, a town, a history, a way of life, vividly chronicles the origin and evolution of the Irwin County Indians football team. Around Ocilla, even though the boys don t always win, football is about the oldest tradition, besides church, that s still celebrated. The boys of Irwin County High are a great source of community pride and joy, especially when they are winning. Twelve years in the making, mostly given to research, interviews, condensing, writing and re-writing and three years in pursuit of a publisher, Our Boys is a delightful portrayal of life in Ocilla, Irwin County, at its intersection with football. The 369-page work covers from 1922 to present day. Pierce says he found enough material to make a book twice that size, adding the names of many old players and their stories and pictures did not make it into the volume. It s a good book, cries Larry Harper, who was an Indian in early 60s. Great book, David bellows Jack Smith, who played football in Ocilla in the mid-1960s and later for the Philadelphia Eagles. In Ocilla, football is the tie that binds one generations to the next, Smith adds. ... a treat to experience ... writes Jon Nelson of Georgia Public Radio.

Our Boys: A team, a town, a history, a way of life

Football (American)

Father & Son Publishing, Inc.

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