A Companion to Irish Literature

The Wiley‐Blackwell A Companion to Irish Literature in the Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture series, the latest major reference work on the subject, follows The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (Welch, 1996) and The Cambridge History of Irish Literature (Kelleher and O'Leary, 2006), one essentially a dictionary, the other a comprehensive narrative, and is concerned to keep its coverage topical rather than exhaustive. A companion, as opposed to a history or an encyclopedia, suggests an associate, whether a friend or acquaintance, certainly a guiding hand on a walk or stroll, one who points out particular...