Preface: A Modern Medieval Obituary --;Introduction: Medieval Causes --;Modern Disruptions --;Medieval Cycles --;Modern Escapes --;Conclusion: Medieval Genealogies and a Modern Medieval Obituary.
Medieval Invasions in Modern Irish Literature offers the first book-length treatment of the literary return to and reinterpretation of Giraldus Cambrensis's twelfth century The History of the Conquest of Ireland. Writers studied include W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, James Joyce, Sean O'Faolain, Micheal Mac Liammoir, Brendan Behan and Jamie O'Neill.
Dermot MacMurrough, -- King of Leinster, -- 1110?-1171 -- In literature.
English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.