Mangan, James Clarence “Dark Rosaleen," (an aisling poem) www.bartleby.com/101/664.html
Irish Rebel Songs (connect these to Angela's Ashes). You may borrow a CD of Irish rebel songs from me.
"Ireland," a short poem by Paul Muldoon with suggestions for interpretation
Instant Irish History, a web-based crash course!
BBC Interviews Seamus Heaney [British Broadcasting Company]
Read & listen to Seamus Heaney read his poems "The Tollund Man" and "Bogland"
Eavan Boland, "That the Science of Cartography is Limited." Read and listen.
Look for these under my name Helmers:
Poems for ENG 302 (E Reserve)
Eavan Boland reading her poems (Regular reserve; VCR tape)
Seamus Heaney reading his poems (Regular reserve; VCR tape)
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin & NualaNí Dhomhnaill reading from their poems (Regular reserve; VCR tape)
The Dead (Regular reserve; VCR tape)
ØLearn more about The Dead from the Internet Movie Database.
You are welcome to borrow my CD of Irish Rebel Songs.
I also have a CD of the NPR radio program To the Best of our Knowledge titled "Old Irish," with segments on St. Patrick, sean nos singing, the Irish language, and not-so-nice fairies. You may find information and listen to this radio program online at http://www.wpr.org/book/040314a.html.
ØLearn more about sean nos singing from Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.
Brock University, California, Guide
Bedford Books, Guide to Reading Drama
A short history of travel narratives, from Jerry Bently at the University of Hawai'i
Dubliners
Angela's Ashes
Scribner's Reading Guide for Angela's Ashes.
W. B. Yeats, Poetry
Illuminations: Visual Journaling. Great website to help you keep those travel journals!
Travel journaling tips: What should you put in your notebook?
How to write a research paper in English literature, from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
Getting an A on an English Paper, from Rutgers University
ØSample research paper in MLA format, from Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online (this is a pdf file)
Connect to UW Oshkosh Polk Library
Contemporary Authors will allow you to find not only biographical information on authors, but citations to books and articles that you may search for separately.
Articles, often including full-text sources, can be found through:
MLA [Modern Language Association] Bibliography
Academic Search Elite
Project Muse
JSTOR
Use Worldcat and Universal Borrowing to search for books to help with your research.
Citing Sources in MLA format: KnightCite Citation "Machine"
Danielle Bailey's bibliography of references for Irish folklore.
A few phrases of Irish (with phonetic pronunciations!)
Triskelle: History, Music (song lyrics, types of instruments), Tourism
A Field Guide to Irish Fairies
Fairy Page from an enthusiast
03/29/2006
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