* Up-to-date introduction to the study of subcultures, with a particular emphasis on theoretical approaches. * Synthesizes a huge body of literature and shows how the field has developed over the years.[...]

Ireland is a country where for over a thousand years, one cultural force has overshadowed all others: the power of a great literary tradition. This book provides a history of literature in the Irish language from the fifth century to the twentieth. Beginning with an introduction of writing into Irel[...]