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Sport and Christianity in American cinema ‘The beloved grew fat and kicked’ (Deuteronomy 32:15)
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2017-10-21)
Christianity has been an enduring feature of films featuring sports or sporting figures since the early twentieth century, such that religious icons, references and rituals have now become naturalised as familiar and ...
To the tune of "Queen Dido": The spectropoetics of early modern English balladry
(2017-04-12)
[No abstract available]
Dancing on a one-way street: Irish reactions to Dancing at Lughnasa in New York
(Syracuse University Press, 2009)
[No abstract available]
Inside out: a working theory of the Irish short story
(Four Courts Press, 2007)
The critic in pieces: the theory and practice of literary reviewing
(Four Courts Press, 2001)
Shakespearean productions at the Abbey Theatre, 1970-1985
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
[No abstract available]
‘Introduction’ In: Crisis and Contemporary Poetry
(Palgrave, 2011)
This collection of essays addresses poetic and critical responses to the various crises encountered by contemporary writers and our society. The essays included discuss a range of issues from the holocaust, the Troubles ...
The Quiet Man and Beyond: An Introduction
(Liffey Press, 2009)
In 1996, The Quiet Man topped an Irish Times poll for the best Irish film of all time. Almost ten years later, with many more Irish (and Irish-themed) films made, The Quiet Man still occupied number four in a poll of 10,000 ...
Shillalah Swing Time ...You'll thrill each time a wild Irishman s skull shatters : Representing Hurling in American Cinema: 1930-1960
(Irish Academic Press, 2009)
While significant research has been done over the past twenty years on the important role Gaelic games and their promotion played in the construction and development of Irish nationalism and Irish identity, particularly ...
Monstrosity, monument and multiplication: The lamenting Lady Margaret of Henneberg (and her 365 children) in Early Modern England
(Cambria Press, 2014-08-28)
Extraordinary and fantastical stories about Margaret of Henneberg, a
cursed thirteenth-century Countess who had allegedly birthed 365 infants in one
day, were popular with early modern English audiences. A range of ...