Author: Finbar Boyle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"Sing Up! is a collection of comic and satirical songs that comment on recent changes and developments in Irish society. Sex, National Politics, Drink, Fast Food, Traditional Music, Religion, Recreation, Agriculture and the Weather - all are analysed in depth herein through the medium of the direct slag, the obtuse dig, the dry remark. It is, in the editor's own words "a gather-up of intolerance, irreverence, slagging and sedition" - and all the more welcome for that."--BOOK JACKET.
A History of Irish Working-Class Writing
Author: Michael Pierse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107149681
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
"Michael Pierse is Lecturer in Irish literature at Queen's University Belfast. His research mainly explores the writing and cultural production of Irish working-class life. Over recent years this work has expanded into new multidisciplinary themes and international contexts, including the study of festivals, digital methodologies in public humanities and theatre-as-research practices. Michael has contributed to a range of national and international publications, is the author of Writing Ireland's Working Class: Dublin after O'Casey (2011), and has been awarded several Arts and Humanities Research Council awards and the Vice Chancellor's Award at Queen's"--
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107149681
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
"Michael Pierse is Lecturer in Irish literature at Queen's University Belfast. His research mainly explores the writing and cultural production of Irish working-class life. Over recent years this work has expanded into new multidisciplinary themes and international contexts, including the study of festivals, digital methodologies in public humanities and theatre-as-research practices. Michael has contributed to a range of national and international publications, is the author of Writing Ireland's Working Class: Dublin after O'Casey (2011), and has been awarded several Arts and Humanities Research Council awards and the Vice Chancellor's Award at Queen's"--
Performance and Identity in Irish Stand-Up Comedy
Author: S. Colleary
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137343907
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
One of the cultural phenomena to occur in Ireland in the last two decades has been the highly successful growth of stand-up comedy as a popular entertainment genre. This book examines stand-up comedy from the perspective of the narrated self, through the prism of the fabricated comedy persona, including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Maeve Higgins.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137343907
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
One of the cultural phenomena to occur in Ireland in the last two decades has been the highly successful growth of stand-up comedy as a popular entertainment genre. This book examines stand-up comedy from the perspective of the narrated self, through the prism of the fabricated comedy persona, including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Maeve Higgins.
The Companion to Irish Traditional Music
Author: Fintan Vallely
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814788028
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
"The Companion to Irish Traditional Music is not just the ideal reference for the interested enthusiast and session player, it also provides a unique resource for every library, school and home with an interest in the distinctive rituals, qualities and history of Irish traditional music and song."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814788028
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
"The Companion to Irish Traditional Music is not just the ideal reference for the interested enthusiast and session player, it also provides a unique resource for every library, school and home with an interest in the distinctive rituals, qualities and history of Irish traditional music and song."--BOOK JACKET.