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Selected Short Stories of Padraic Colum
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Series: Irish Studies
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ISBN10: 0815602022
ISBN13: 9780815602026
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: Oct 1 1986
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.34 Depth: 8.07
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780815602026
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: Oct 1 1986
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.34 Depth: 8.07
Language: English
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
America. Colum's contribution to Irish letters is unique, because he alone of the early giants of the Irish Literary Revival was Roman Catholic, peasant born, and country bred. His literary themes are tributes to the indomitable Irish spirit, the natural nobility of the Irish peasant, the ancient folk customs of the countryside, and the poetic beauty of Irish English.
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