Gwynn gathers essays written in the early days of the Irish literary revival. He surveys novels of Irish life in the nineteenth century and a century of Irish humour, describes literature among the illiterate, from the shanachy who carried old tales to the life of a song, and considers how education shapes Irish character, with a new introduction acknowledging how much Synge and others had since changed.
A thoughtful companion to the Irish revival for readers of Yeats, Synge and Lady Gregory. Download the free EPUB.