The Wisdom of the Irish

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Filled with the wit and wisdom of the Irish through the ages, this delightful anthology covers everything from faith and spirituality to music and drama; from love and romance to bravery and courage. Esteemed W. B. Yeats scholar Suheil Bushrui goes beyond the stereotypical with these painstakingly selected quotations from important Irish poets, novelists, playwrights, politicians and revolutionaries over the centuries. A perfect book for those who want to rediscover their roots, or simply to learn more about the rich and vast landscape of Irish literature and thought.

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Suheil Bushrui is the foremost translator and interpreter of Anglo-Irish literature in the Arab world, and has published critical studies in Arabic and English on W. B. Yeats, John Millington Synge, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. He was the first Arab national to be appointed to the Chair of English and Anglo-Irish Literature at the American University of Beirut, and has also served as Chairman of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature (ISAIL). He is currently the Bah Chair for World Peace in the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) at the University of Maryland.