Selected Writings of John V. Kelleher on Ireland and Irish America

A collection of eighteen critical essays and twenty-six translations spanning the career of one of the found­ing intellects of Irish Studies, the Selected Writings of John V. Kelleher on Ireland and Irish America consists of five accessible sections. The first gathers Kelleher’s essays on the most widely known Irish cultural phe­nomenon—the literary renaissance of the early twentieth century. Part two contains his judicious assessments of Irish literature in its post-Revolutionary phase. The third section includes Kelleher’s in­sightful essays on the experience of the Irish in America. The fourth section contains essays that ex­amine early Irish literature and culture, opening with a benchmark essay for Irish Studies, "Early Irish His­tory and Pseudo-History,” which was read at the inau­gural meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies in 1961. The collection concludes with Kelleher’s translations and adaptations of poems in Old, Middle, and Modern Irish, illustrating his com­mand of the language at every stage. Editor’s Acknowledgments......Page 10 Editor’s Introduction......Page 12 Part One. Irish Renaissance Literature and Culture......Page 18 1. Matthew Arnold and the Celtic Revival......Page 20 2. Yeats’s Use of Irish Materials......Page 41 3. Irish History and Mythology in James Joyce ’s “The Dead ”......Page 57 4. Identifying the Irish Printed Sources for Finnegans Wake......Page 74 5. The Perceptions of James Joyce......Page 90 Part Two. Post-Renaissance Irish Writing......Page 100 6. Irish Literature Today [1945 ]......Page 102 7. Ireland That Was......Page 115 8. Sean O’Faolain......Page 120 Part Three. Irish America......Page 126 9. Mr.Dooley and the Same Old World......Page 128 10. Irish-American Literature, and Why There Isn’t Any......Page 143 11. Edwin O’Connor and the Irish-American Process......Page 153 12. A Long Way from Tipperary......Page 163 13. Irishness in America......Page 167 Part Four. Early Irish History and Literature......Page 174 Key to Abbreviations in the Essays of Part Four......Page 175 14. Early Irish History and Pseudo-History......Page 176 15. The Rise of the Dál Cais......Page 190 16. Humor in the Ulster Saga......Page 204 17. The Táin and the Annals......Page 222 18. The Battle of Móin Mhór,1151......Page 246 Part Five. Translations and Adaptations from the Irish......Page 264 Index......Page 296