Dublin: A Cultural and Literary History.
Author: KILFEATHER, Siobhan.
Dublin: Liffey Press, 2005. xii, 300 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
“Siobhan Kilfeather delves into the history and literature of a most historical and literary capital. She touches on an array of landmarks, in both space and time, from Trinity College to Dublin Zoo, from Handel’s Messiah to the Playboy riots, and from Robert Emmet’s rebellion to Pope John Paul II’s visit. Along the way, she also unearths such neglected gems as the fifteenth-century coronation in the city of Lambert Simnel, pretender to the English throne, the fate of Spalding’s Diving Bell, the visit of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist and former slave, and the demonstrations organised by Maud Gonne and James Connolly during Queen Victoria’s jubilee year, 1897.
Dublin A Cultural and Literary History is not the first book that takes the visitor to Dublin by the hand and leads them through her winding streets. It is, however, the most eloquent, the most intimate It captures the spirit of the city in a lyrical, lively style that will inform and entertain visitors and locals alike.”
ISBN: 1904148697
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