ThesestrikingessaysanddetailedcasestudiesbyinternationallyrenownedscholarsexaminethecontributionsoflrishlanguageandliteraturetotheHumanities.Providingavarietyofclosetextualreadings,broadrangingessaysandappraisalsoftheirdisciplines,theauthorsdemonstratethevalueandpotentialofstudyingIrishatuniversitylevelandsuggestfuturechallengesandresearchagendas.Forbothacademicspecialistsandgeneralreaders,thisvolumeoffersnotonlyilluminatingclosereadingsofmedievaltales(Tochmarc?t獺ine/TheWooingof?t獺ine)andAlanTitley’scontemporarynovels(Meirscr穩naTreibhe,StiallPhialFeolaandAnFearD獺na),butimportantsurveysofthecontemporarystateofthelanguage,acritiqueofthe20th-centuryrevivalproject,arationaleforGovernmentpolicyandtheinternationalpromotionofIrish.TopicsincludeIrishbardicpoetry,thecontemporaryIrishnovel,medievalIrishprose-tales,Indo-Europeanlinguistics,comparativeliterature,languagemaintenance,socio-linguistics,andtheIrishlanguageinAmericanUniversities.Contributors:JamesMccloskey(UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz),Tomas?Cathasaigh(HarvardUniversity),Brian?Conchubhair(UniversityofNotreDame),Eamon?Cu穩v(Governmentoflreland),PhilipO’Leary(BostonCollege),CalvertWatkins(UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles)
