The short story, one of the most demanding literary genres by the concentration and limited effects it requires, attracted Irish writers because of its variety and the immense field it offers to imagination. It originated in the Gaelic folklore stories…

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W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) is known as one of the best poets of his time. He is less known, especially in France, for his numerous theatre plays…

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Dans son introduction, Seamus Deane décrit l'esprit "Field Day" comme une recherche de l'identité irlandaise, si longtemps occultée par le colonialisme. Il montre que le sectarisme religieux de l'Irlande du Nord résulte de l'interaction qui...

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This volume covers the essential aspects of Yeats' poetry that is guided by a concern for unity. This quest is studied under two different lights: the search for dialectic identity of the nature and spirit…

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The apparent disorder on which Joyce built Ulysses is the paradoxal result of a strong organisation principle, on the verge of dissolution. Joyce's poetics are defined by the drifts of his writing that are mastered up to the point of loosing control…

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