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Description: 1. Introduction: Irish and Latin documents as sources for Irish history (Including a discussion of problems in using so-called ‘traditional’ information; the difficulties in dating early texts found in later manuscripts; the compilatory nature of Irish annals; differing attitudes to Irish and Latin language sources; the local rather than national nature of much pre-Norman material) 2. Chapter 1: Fifth-century and earlier sources (These to include extracts dealing with Ireland from Strabo’s Geography, Tacitus’ Agricola & Annals; Ptolemy’s Geography & Almagest; Solinus’ Collectanea rerum Memorabilium; Ammianus Marcellinus’ History; the writings of St Jerome; Orosius’ History against the pagans; Patrick’s Confessio as found in the Book of Armagh; Ogam stones) 3. Chapter 2: Sixth-century sources: (These to include extracts from Ogam stones; Columbanus’ letters & sermons; Penitential of Finnian; Amra Columcille (an elegy on the death of St Columba) 4. Chapter 3: Seventh-century sources (These to include extracts from 7th century annals dealing with high-kings of Tara and provincial kings of Ireland; two poems on Leinster genealogies; Cogitosus’ life of Brigit; Muirchú’s life of Patrick – as found in the Book of Armagh; Tírechán’s Collectanea; two poems on Columba; Cáin Adomnáin – a legal tract on the rights of women and clerics)l lament for Cuimíne Foto; the Antiphonary of Bangor. 5. Chapter 4: Eighth-century sources. (These to include extracts from Cíarraige genealogies; annals of Iona; Munster sources on kingship; extracts from law-tracts dealing with role of rulers (both secular and ecclesiastical); marriages; control of land; role of poets; wisdom tracts on rulers; Timna Cathair Máir – poetic account of Leinster kingdoms; charter material from the Book of Armagh) 6. Chapter 5: Ninth-century sources; (These to include extracts from origin legends of dynasties such as the Uí Néill & the Éoganachta – most important kings in northern and southern halves of Ireland respectively. Also Senchas Síl Ír – traditions about the prehistoric history of Ulster ; annals dealing with arrival of Vikings; Baile in Scáil – account of kings of Tara and their burial places; annals dealing with Fedelmid mac Crimthann – king and holy man; Vita Tripartita – legendary account of Patrick’s British childhood & his travels in Ireland; annals of Armagh; Bethu Brigde – legendary account of Brigit including her consecration as a bishop; Monastery of Tallaght – account of the Céli Dé. 7. Chapter 6: Tenth-century sources (Annals dealing with Clonmacnoise; the kingdom of Mide; Tuathal Techtmar & the story of Uisnech; annals of Dál Cais; annals for Viking wars of 917; Flann Manistrech’s poems concerning political events; Lanfranc’s & Anselm’s letters – by archbishops of Canterbury to Irish kings; professions of bishops of Dublin, Waterford and Limerick; annals giving bishops territorial titles) 8. Chapter 7: Eleventh-century sources (Accounts of Battle of Clontarf and annals dealing with Brian Boru’s descendants; annals dealing with the kingdom of Leinster; Óenach Carmain – a poem on the assembly of the Leinstermen; Metrical Dindshenchas on Teltown (site of annual fair connected to kingship of Tara); Conchubranus’ Life of St Monena) 9. Chapter 8: Twelfth-century sources (These to include extracts from Cogadh Gaedhal re Gallaibh; The Book of Rights; the kingdom of Cenél nÉogain; the kingdom of Connacht; Banshenchas; Synodal decrees of 1101; Dublin poem – on taxes due to Armagh by Vikings; Bernard’s Life of Malachy; Leabhar Gabála Érenn – the book of the [prehistoric] invasions of Ireland; the miracles of St Laurence O’Toole; Jocelin of Furness’ Life of Columba; foundation charter of Newry)

This research work is an important one in theatre history as no published survey of directorial history exists and, while some reference works discuss directors, none concentrates on American directors nor takes a systematic approach to the subject. This monograph does exactly that. IDEAS OF THEATRE will be of great use to students and scholars of American theatre history as well as the history and development of our national stage. Chapters include: 1. The Rise of the Director in the American Theatre 2. Ben Teal and the Authoritarian Perspective of Directing 3. David Belasco and the Scientific Perspective of Directing 4. Arthur Hopkins and the Neo-Romantic Perspective of Directing 5. George Abbott and the Total Perspective of Directing 6. Elia Kazan and the Psychological Perspective of Directing 7. The Five Directors Production lists, theatre schools and various movements (Wagnerism, Freudianism, Social Realism, etc) and playwrights as directors are also discussed and included along with an impressive bibliography and robust indexes. Professor Shelton has had a long associated with Kansas State University and is the author of numerous publications.

THE DICTIONARY OF VITAL EXPRESSIONS is a reference tool based on the classical reasoning of Aristotle and other rhetoricians i.e. the importance of metaphor in persuasive communication. The metaphor is so essential in discourse that it has many synonyms BIdioms, figures, figures of speech, phrases, clause, tropesBall explored in this work. The work is a uniquely practical contribution to rhetorically oriented communication. It contains first-tier metaphorsCthe most important entries that bring resultsBas well as an expression awareness program that encourages the use of expressions that strengthen discussion or argument and clear definitions and historical examples for each major entry. Multiple indexes and cross referencing create an excellent retrieval system for the user. In short all contemporary methodologies are employed to enhance expressions that convince and persuade the reader and listener. “A brilliant, massive work that belongs on every library reference shelf…especially in the ESL/TEFL/TESOL community.” Monica Jones,Ph.D “Recommended…extremely useful.” Professor Ben Ard, SF State University

This volume contains over a hundred original documents and materials covering Irish History from 1922 to today. Included among these documents are Irish Boundary Commission Report 1925, speeches by Craigavon 1939 and Churchill 1943, The Constitution of Ireland 1937, The Offences Against the State Act 1939, Ireland Act 1949, speeches, letters and articles by Noel Browne, John Costello, Archbishop McQuaid, and Sean MacBride regarding The Mother and Child Scheme, Education (Northern Ireland) Act 1947, Statement of end of IRA Campaign 1962, extracts from the Irish News, the News Letter, the Irish Times, the Times and the Daily Mirror on deployment of British troops in 1969, Jack Lynch's speech August 1969, press reports of the Arms Trial 1970, articles from the United Irishman 1969 –1970 and An Phoblacht 1970, extracts from Sean Mac Stiofain Memoirs and Provisional Republican pamphlets 1973, Sunningdale Agreement 1973, The Glover Report 1978, Danny Morrison’s ‘Ballot Paper and Armalite ‘speech 1981, The Anglo Irish Agreement 1985, Gerry Adams’ Politics of Irish Freedom and extracts from Iris Bheag 1986-1989, press reports of Abortion Referendum campaign 1992, extracts from Catholic Church and pro–Divorce campaign statements, Downing Street Declaration 1993, Mitchell Report 1996, The Good Friday Agreement 1998 and David Trimble's Nobel Peace Prize speech 1998. Appendices include the electoral and political statistics for Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State, Eire and the Republic of Ireland 1922-2002

This volume contains over 170 original documents and materials covering Irish History from 1603-1800. Included among these documents are 1609 – Instructions for the inquisition of the state of the tenants in Ireland and other matters relating to the forfeited estates, 1616 – Account and opinion of the state of Ireland by Lord Chichester, 1622 – Report of the commissioners of inspection on the Irish plantations, 1632 – Appointment of Wentworth as chief governor of Ireland, 1640 – Subsidy Act, 1641 – Proclamation of Phelim O’Neill &c., 24 Oct. 1641, 1642 – Acts of the Ecclesiastical Congregation, Kilkenny, 10-13 May 1642, 1642 – Petition of the Confederate Supreme Council to Charles I, 31 July 1642, 1648 – Speech of Capt. Oliver French, agent of the Supreme Council, to the States General of the United Provinces, 5 May 1648, 1650s – Cromwellian Union, 1678 - Draft legislation for banishing Catholic prelates and regular clergy, 1689 - Jacobite parliament’s Act of Attainder, 1697 - Bishops’ Banishment Act, 1700 – Act of Resumption, 1723 – Address of the House of Commons to the king on Wood’s halfpence, 27 Sept. 1723, 1745 – The question of security and Scottish Jacobite rising, 1778 – Formation of the first Volunteer units, 1782 – Catholic Relief Act, 1796 – The Insurrection Act, 1798 – Documents on the rebellion.

Chapters: 1. Ireland and the wider world in the 12th century. 2. The coming of The Normans. 3. The establishment and consolidation of the lordship of Ireland. 4. The response of the native Irish. 5. Internal tensions within the lordship. 6. The Bruce Invasion. 7. The mid fourteenth century: factionalism, decline, and the "Black Death". 8. Attempts at recovery: Royal intervention. 9. Fifteenth century Ireland. 10. The rise and fall of the Kildare Geraldine supremacy. 11. The Reformation. 12. The renewal of Royal interest in Ireland. 13. Social and economic developments in sixteenth century Ireland. 14. Conquest, submission and settlement.

Stimulating, challenging, engaging, dauntingly well informed and wide-ranging, Professor Redfern's revised book on puns offers massive returns both to the specialist researcher and the interested general reader. Taking his examples back to ancient literatures, but drawing especially on English, American and French cultures (popular and high), he defies the way in which the pun has so often been denigrated as a poor relation within the family of humorous modes, and his sparkling and inventive prose fully justifies that approach. Every page offers original examples amid material from his sources, tellingly examined but without the dogmatic imposition of a preconceived (and therefore, perhaps, inadequate) theory. That exclusion, criticised by earlier reviewers, perceptibly enhances the chapters he presents, which cover, among other matters, the psychology and psychopathology of word-play, the history of punning (particularly enlightening on the English 18th and 19th centuries, though Hugo, Flaubert and others also figure strongly), how punning links with etymology, anagram, neologism and rhetorical tropes such as metaphor, irony, litotes and syllepsis, the commercialisation of puns in the advertising industry and their exploitation by the press, and an intriguing extension of wordplay into the visual as developed in film and TV, as well as by artists like Arcimboldo and Duchamp. "Refreshingly but not sarcastically irreverent towards lumières such as Derrida, Lacan, Freud and Bergson, Redfern prefers to appeal to his readers rather than to indoctrinate then, and he certainly will not oversell his subject or his product. Finnegans Wake, he suggests, may well go too far in its unrelenting word-spinning, while his own book is described as "a rough draft in more senses than one" ..." Professor J. Parkin, School of English, Bristol University (United Kingdom)