Bøker av Nicholas (Emeritus Professor of English Literature Grene

An in-depth study of Irish theatre in the contemporary period, including major companies and playwrights, that draws on first-hand experience and interviews with theatre makers.

Explores the various ways in which the farm and farming have been represented in Irish writing in the period of Independence and Partition after 1922.

A new approach to Yeats's poems, concentrating on the reading experience itself. By picking out the distinctive 'codes' of Yeats's poetic practice, such as his use of dates and place names, characteristic vocabulary, and stylistic preferences, Grene's study will send readers back to the work with a new sense of understanding and enjoyment.