{"product_id":"finding-ireland-a-poets-explorations-of-irish-literature-and-culture-9780268042325","title":"Finding Ireland: A Poet's Explorations of Irish Literature and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Tillinghast, a celebrated American poet and critic, lived for a year in Ireland in the early 1990s and then returned each year until he became a resident in 2005. From an insider\/outsider perspective, he writes vividly and evocatively about the land and people of his adopted home, its culture, its literature, and its long, complex history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTillinghast orients the reader to Ireland as it is today. Following its entry into the European Union, Ireland changed radically from an impoverished, provincial, former British colony to a country where a farmer takes his wife on skiing holidays in Switzerland and is proud of his wine cellar, to one now home to immigrants from Europe, Africa, and Asia. For many Americans--Irish Americans in particular--Ireland is a mythic and timeless land; from his unique vantage point, Tillinghast debunks a good many stereotypes that prevent our seeing Ireland for what it was, as well as what it has become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of \u003cem\u003eFinding Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e is devoted to thoughtful readings of the works of Irish writers and playwrights, including W. B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney, Oscar Wilde, and Brian Friel, as well as lesser-known names that deserve a wider readership. Tillinghast also considers the significant contributions of Anglo-Irish authors--John Millington Synge, Elizabeth Bowen, George Moore, Violet Martin and Edith Somerville, William Trevor, and Derek Mahon--with excursions into Irish architecture, music, and garden design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contemporary Ireland, Tillinghast finds a dynamic society that has stepped out of the shadows of its troubled past to embrace an inclusive, outward-looking interpretation of its history. Intimate in tone, entertaining, and always accessible, \u003cem\u003eFinding Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e captures an expatriate's enthusiasm for his new country and its evolving identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Tillinghast is a poet and critic. His most recent poetry and essay collections are \u003cem\u003eThe New Life\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePoetry and What Is Real\u003c\/em\u003e, respectively. He is a frequent contributor to literary journals and magazines, and publishes reviews and travel articles in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in County Tipperary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844228911378,"sku":"9780268042325","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_03bf3daa-204a-40d7-9d11-bb09195c0f75.jpg?v=1737314175","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/finding-ireland-a-poets-explorations-of-irish-literature-and-culture-9780268042325","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}