Selected Short Stories of Padraic Colum Contributor(s): Sternlicht, Sanford (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815602022 ISBN-13: 9780815602026 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1986 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
Dewey: 823.912 |
LCCN: 86014481 |
Series: Irish Studies |
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.34" W x 8.07" (0.49 lbs) 160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Padraic Colum (1881-1972) was in the forefront of the Irish Literary Revival along with William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory, George Moore, AE (George Russell), and John Millington Synge. At the age of twenty-three he was a founding father of the Abbey Players, and he was recognized as one of the most talented young writers of drama, poetry, and short fiction. Unfortunately, Colum quarreled with Yeats and Lady Gregory, and, since he could not earn a living in Dublin by writing alone, he left for |