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Denis Donoghue has been a key figure in Irish studies and an important public intellectual in Ireland, the UK and US throughout his career. These essays represent the best of his writing and operate in conversation with one another. He probes the questions of Irish national and cultural identity that underlie the finest achievements of Irish writing in all genres. Together, the essays form an unusually lively and far-reaching study of three crucial Irish writers – Swift, Yeats and Joyce – together with other voices including Mangan, Beckett, Trevor, McGahern and Doyle. Donoghue's forceful arguments, deep engagement with the critical tradition, buoyant prose and extensive learning are all exemplified in this collection. This book is essential reading for all those interested in Irish literature and culture and its far-reaching effects on the world.

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'It is a pleasure to read criticism and cultural analysis of this elevated kind ... [Donoghue] is silver-tongued in capturing ideas, unlocking literary meanings and honouring the imagination.' Times Literary Supplement

'It is a pleasure to read criticism and cultural analysis of this elevated kind ... [Donoghue] is silver-tongued in capturing ideas, unlocking literary meanings and honouring the imagination.' The Times Literary Supplement ...quite possibly, the best short introduction to Joyce's masterpiece. The Washington Post A Critical Force to be Reckoned With .. his latest collection of essays, which spans some fifteen years of vigorous intellectual engagement, demonstrates the seemingly casual force of a mind of unusual keenness and judgement. -- James Joyce Literacy Supplement

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Denis Donoghue is University Professor and Henry James Chair of English and American Letters at New York University.

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