Download or read book Medieval Invasions in Modern Irish Literature written by J. Ulin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval Invasions in Modern Irish Literature offers the first book-length treatment of the literary return to and reinterpretation of Giraldus Cambrensis's twelfth century The History of the Conquest of Ireland. Writers studied include W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, James Joyce, Sean O'Faoláin, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Brendan Behan and Jamie O'Neill.