A History of Modern Irish Women's Literature

Introduction Heather Ingman and Clíona Ó Gallchoir; 1. Writing before 1700 Marie-Louise Coolahan; 2. Eighteenth-century writing Clíona Ó Gallchoir; 3. Writing under the Union, 1800–45 James Kelly; 4. Poetry, 1845–90 Matthew Campbell; 5. Fiction, 1845–1900 James H. Murphy; 6. New woman writers Tina O'Toole; 7. Prose, drama and poetry, 1891–1920 Paige Reynolds; 8. Writing for children Valerie Coghlan; 9. Poetry, 1920–1970 Lucy Collins; 10. Fiction, 1920–60 Gerardine Meaney; 11. Elizabeth Bowen Patricia Coughlan; 12. Kate O'Brien Eibhear Walshe; 13. Edna O'Brien Sinéad Mooney; 14. Fiction, 1960–95 Anne Fogarty; 15. The short story Heather Ingman; 16. Poetry, 1970-present Patricia Boyle Haberstroh; 17. Women's traditions in theatre, 1920–2015 Cathy Leeney; 18. Writing in Irish, 1900–2013 Ríona Nic Congáil and Máirín Nic Eoin; 19. Fiction from Northern Ireland, 1921–2015 Caroline Magennis; 20. Life writing and personal testimony in the twentieth century Anne Mulhall; 21. Twentieth-century diasporic and transnational writing Ellen McWilliams; 22. Celtic tiger fiction Susan Cahill.