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- c.1900-c.1950 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
160 pp; 37 cm x 26 cm; Bound volume, manuscript, printed, and photographic print
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Scope and content
A bound volume with a manuscript annotation on spine which reads ‘Literature in Ireland’. The volume contains original letters from several prominent authors, artists and public figures. Includes correspondence from Francis MacManus, Seán Ó Faoláin, Mary MacSwiney, Maurice Walsh, Daniel Corkery, Patrick Kavanagh, William Magennis, Seosamh Mac Grianna, Michael McLaverty, William Frederick Paul Stockley, Helena Concannon, John Desmond Sheridan, and Kathleen O’Brennan. The volume also contains newspaper and magazine clippings, printed ephemera, review material, and photographs relating to prominent Irish artists and writers. There are many clippings in the volume which assess and critique the writings of James Joyce. The material is extant in an ‘Walker’s Century Scrap & Newscutting’ volume.
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Language of material
- English
- Irish
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The volume is in poor condition. The end covers are partially detached and several of the pages are loose and frayed. Careful manual handling is required.