Reviews for Dictionary of Irish Literature: Revised and Expanded Edition A-L, Vol. 1

The average rating for Dictionary of Irish Literature: Revised and Expanded Edition A-L, Vol. 1 based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-07-15 00:00:00 James Mcnil [the edition I refer to in the following commentary is the 1965 ed. published by Anchor Books] I would hazard to say this is perhaps the most authoritative CONCISE "guide" to the systematic academic study of English literature ever published in the twentieth century. In fewer than 300 pages Bateson covers all the major authors, movements, genres and schools of criticism up to and including the mid-twentieth century era.The bibliographies are immensely helpful and informed by an erudition that is truly rare today. The scope and sweep of this little book are amazing and the scholarship is impeccable and dazzling. Not for the dilettante perhaps, but page for page and pound for pound, it's something every English PhD candidate would want to be packing and ransacking before orals etc.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-03-23 00:00:00 Nils Lommerin funny pe alocuri, puțin confuză pe altele, mi-a plăcut și a fost interesantă ideea.