Irish cultural history 1891-1923 (Spring term) (HIS 19)

  • Day and time: Monday 13:10 - 14:10
    Weekly
  • Length of course: 1 term. Spring (10 Weeks)
  • Number of places: 30
  • Start date: 13 January 2025
  • Description:

    This cultural history course will examine how three great Irish literary figures - Yeats, Joyce and O'Casey - reacted to the major historical events of their time, as seen in selections from their poetry, novels and plays. This is not a literature course but an attempt to show how history and literature intertwined during this critical period in Irish history. Historical videos, music and songs will feature.

  • Format: Lecture

  • Tutor: Michael J Murphy
  • Former Principal lecturer in British and Irish history at Anglia Ruskin University.


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