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Periods (Postclassical-E Modern-19th Century-20th Century)Genres (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography -Essay ) Literary Works IRELAND Swift, Jonathan(1667-1745) TALE OF A TUB, A(1704)-GULLIVER’S TRAVELS(1726)- MODEST PROPOSAL, A(1729) Congreve, William(1670-1729) DOUBLE-DEALER, THE(1693)- OLD BACHELOR, THE(1693)- LOVE FOR LOVE(1695)- WAY OF THE WORLD, THE(1700) Steele, Sir Richard(1672-1729) SPECTATOR, THE (1711-1714)-CONSCIOUS LOVERS, THE(1722) Farquhar, George(1677-1707) RECRUITING OFFICER, THE(1706)- BEAUX’ STRATAGEM, THE(1707) Brooke, Henry(1703-1783) FOOL OF QUALITY, THE(1765) Sterne, Laurence(1713-1768) TRISTRAM SHANDY(1759-1767)- SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, A(1768)-JOURNAL TO ELIZA(1904) Goldsmith, Oliver(1728-1774) VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, THE(1766)- SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER(1773) Burke, Edmund(1729-1797) REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE(1790) Sheridan, Richard Brinsley(1751-1816) RIVALS, THE(1775)- SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, THE(1777)-CRITIC, THE(1779) Edgeworth, Maria(1768-1849) CASTLE RACKRENT(1800)-BELINDA(1801)- ABSENTEE, THE(1812) Moore, Thomas(1779-1852) IRISH MELODIES(1807-1835)- LALLA ROOKH(1817) Maturin, Charles Robert(1780-1824) MELMOTH THE WANDERER(1820) Carleton, William(1794-1869) EMIGRANTS OF AHADARRA, THE(1848) Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan(1814-1873) HOUSE BY THE CHURCHYARD, THE(1863)- UNCLE SILAS(1864-1865) Stoker, Bram(1847-1912) DRACULA(1897) Gregory, Lady Augusta(1852-1932) RISING OF THE MOON, THE(1905) Moore, George(1852-1933) ESTHER WATERS(1894) Wilde, Oscar(1854-1900) PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, THE(1890)-LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN(1892)-IMPORTANCE OF BEING EAMEST, THE(1895)-DE PROFUNDIS(1905) Shaw, George Bernard(1856-1950) ARMS AND THE MAN(1894)- CANDIDA(1897)-CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA(1901)- MAN AND SUPERMAN(1903)-MAJOR BARBARA(1905)- PYGMALION(1912)-HEARTBREAK HOUSE(1919)-BACK TO METHUSELAH(1921)- SAINT JOAN(1923) Yeats, William Butler(1865-1939) COUNTESS CATHLEEN, THE(1892)- DEIRDRE(1906)- TOWER, THE(1927)-PURGATORY(1938) Synge, John Millington(1871-1909) RIDERS TO THE SEA(1903)-PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, THE(1907)- DEIRDRE OF THE SORROWS(1910)O’Casey, Sean(1880-1964) JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK(1924)- PLOUGH AND THE STARS, THE(1926)- PURPLE DUST (1940) Stephens, James(1880-1950) CROCK OF GOLD, THE(1912)- DEIRDRE(1923) Joyce, James(1882-1941) DUBLINERS(1914)- PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN, A(1914-1915) EXILES(1918)- ULYSSES(1922)- FINNEGANS WAKE(1939) O’Flaherty, Liam(1896-1984) INFORMER, THE(1925) Bowen, Elizabeth(1899-1973) HOUSE IN PARIS, THE(1935) DEATH OF THE HEART, THE(1938)- HEAT OF THE DAY, THE(1949) O'Faoláin, Seán(1900-1991) NEST OF SIMPLE FOLK, A(1933) Beckett, Samuel(1906-1989) MOLLOY(1951)- MALONE DIES(1951)- WAITING FOR GODOT(1952)-UNNAMABLE, THE(1953)- ALL THAT FALL(1957)- ENDGAME(1957)- KRAPP’S LAST TAPE(1958) Friel, Brian(1929-2015) DANCING AT LUGHNASA(1990) McCourt, Frank(1930-2009) ANGELA’S ASHES(1996) O’Brien, Edna(1930- ) COUNTRY GIRLS TRILOGY AND EPILOGUE, THE(1960-1964) Heaney, Seamus(1939-2013) SEEING THINGS(1991)- DISTRICT AND CIRCLE(2006) Banville, John(1945- ) BOOK OF EVIDENCE, THE(1989) Cary, Joyce(1988-1957) HORSE’S MOUTH, THE(1944) SCOTLAND Thomson, James(1700-1748) SEASONS, THE(1730) Hume, David(1711-1776) ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, AN(1748) Smollett, Tobias(1721-1771) ADVENTURES OF RODERICK RANDOM, THE(1748)-ADVENTURES OF PEREGRINE PICKLE, THE(1751)- EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER, THE(1771) Smith, Adam(1723-1790) WEALTH OF NATIONS, THE(1776) Boswell, James(1740-1795) JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.(1785)- LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D..THE(1791)-THE BOSWELL’S LONDON JOURNAL(1950) Mackenzie, Henry(1745-1831) MAN OF FEELING, THE(1771) Burns, Robert(1759-1796) POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT(1786) Scott, Sir Walter(1771-1832) LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL (1805)-MARMION (1808)-LADY OF THE LAKE (1810)-WAVERLEY(1814)-GUY MANNERING(1815)-ANTIQUARY (1816)-OLD MORTALITY(1816)- ROB ROY(1817)-HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN (1818)-BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR (1819)-IVANHOE(1819)-KENILWORTH(1821)-FORTUNES OF NIGEL, THE(1822)- QUENTIN DURWARD(1823)- TALISMAN, THE(1825)-FAIR MAID OF PERTH, THE(1828) Carlyle, Thomas(1795-1881) FRENCH REVOLUTION(1837)- SARTOR RESARTUS(1834)- ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY(1841)- PAST AND PRESENT(1843) Stevenson, Robert Louis(1850-1894) TREASURE ISLAND(1881-1882)-STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, THE(1886)- KIDNAPPED(1886)-BLACK ARROW, THE(1888) Frazer, Sir James George(1854-1941) GOLDEN BOUGH, THE(1890-1915) Barrie, Sir James(1860-1937) ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, THE(1902)- PETER PAN(1904) Buchan, John(1875-1940) THIRTY-NINE STEPS (1915) Spark, Muriel(1918-2006) MEMENTO MORI(1959)-BACHELORS (1960)- PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1961) Welsh, Irvine(1958- ) TRAINSPOTTING(1993)
WALES Herbert, George(1593-1633) TEMPLE (1633) Thomas, Dylan(1914-1953) PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DOG(1940)- UNDER MILK WOOD(1953) Films IRELAND Brenon,Herbert(1880-1958) DAUGHTER OF THE GODS, A(1916)- WAR BRIDES(1916)-PETER PAN(1924)-KISS FOR CINDERELLA, A(1925)-BEAU GESTE(1926)- DANCING MOTHERS(1926) Ingram, Rex(1892-1950) FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1921)- WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS (1923)-MARE NOSTRUM(1926) O’connor, Pat(1943- ) CAL(1984)-MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, A(1987)-STARS AND BARS(1988)-JANUARY MAN (1989)- FOOLS OF FORTUNE(1990)- INVENTING THE ABBOTTS(1997)- DANCING AT LUGHNASA(1998)- SWEET NOVEMBER(2001) Johnson, Hugh(1946-2015) CHILL FACTOR(1999) Comerford, Joe(1947- ) REEFER AND THE MODEL(1988) O’sullivan, Thaddeus(1947- ) NOTHING PERSONAL(1995) Sheridan, Jim(1949- ) MY LEFT FOOT(1989)-FIELD (1990)- IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER(1993)-BOXER(1997)- IN AMERICA(2002)- GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’(2005)- BROTHERS(2009)- DREAM HOUSE(2011) Jordan, Neil(1950- ) COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984)- MONA LISA(1986)- HIGH SPIRITS(1988)-WE’RE NO ANGELS(1989)- MIRACLE (1991)- CRYING GAME (1992)-INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE(1994)- MICHAEL COLLINS(1996)- THE BUTCHER BOY(1997)- THE END OF THE AFFAIR(1999)- IN DREAMS(1999)-THE GOOD THIEF(2002)- BREAKFAST ON PLUTO(2005)- THE BRAVE ONE(2007)- ONDINE(2009)- BYZANTIUM(2012) Murphy, Pat (1951- ) NORA(2000) George, Terry(1952- ) SOME MOTHER’S SON(1996)- HOTEL RWANDA(2004)- RESERVATION ROAD(2007)- THE PROMISE(2016) Sheridan, Peter(1952- ) BORSTAL BOY(2000) Moore, Michael(1954- ) ROGER AND ME(1989)- THE BIG ONE(1997)- FAHRENHEIT 9/11(2004)-SICKO(2007)- CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY(2009)- WHERE TO INVADE NEXT(2015)- FAHRENHEIT 11/9(2018) Barron, Steve(1956- ) TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES(1990)- CONEHEADS(1993)- THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO(1996) Hamm, Nick(1957- ) TALK OF ANGELS(1998)- THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU(1998)- GODSEND(2004) Stembridge, Gérard(1958- ) ABOUT ADAM(2001) Walsh, Aisling(1958- ) MAUDIE(2016) Deasy, Frank(1959-2009) COURIER (1988) Branagh, Kenneth(1960- ) HENRY V(1989)- DEAD AGAIN(1991)- PETER’S FRIENDS(1992)- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING(1993)- MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN(1994)- A MIDWINTER’S TALE; IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER(1995)- HAMLET(1996)- LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST(2000)- SLEUTH(2007)- THOR(2011)- JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT(2014)- CINDERELLA(2015)-MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS(2017) Lowney, Declan(1960- ) TIME WILL TEIL(1992) McGuckian, Mary(1963- ) THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY(2004) Breathnach, Paddy(1964- ) I WENT DOWN(1997)- BLOW DRY(2001) Abrahamson, Lenny(1966- ) FRANK(2014)- ROOM(2015)- THE LITTLE STRANGER(2018) Kerr, David (1967- ) JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN(2018) McDonagh, John M.(1967- ) THE GUARD(2011)- CALVARY(2014) O’donnell, Damien(1967- ) EAST IS EAST(1999)- RORY O’SHEA WAS HERE(2004) Crowley, John(1969- ) INTERMISSION(2004)- IS ANYBODY THERE?(2009)- CLOSED CIRCUIT(2013)- BROOKLYN(2015) Joyce, Maurice(1969- ) DOUG’S FIRST MOVIE(1999) Dudi Appleton(1969- ) THE MOST FERTILE MAN IN IRELAND(1999) McDonagh, Martin(1970- ) IN BRUGES(2008)- SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS(2012)- THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI(2017) Moore, John(1970- ) BEHIND ENEMY LINES(2001)- FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX(2004)- THE OMEN(2006)- MAX PAYNE(2008)- A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD(2013) Mcpherson, Conor(1971- ) SALTWATER(1999)- THE ECLIPSE(2009) Twomey, Nora(1971- ) THE SECRET OF KELLS(2009)- THE BREADWINNER(2017) Carney, John(1972- ) ONCE(2007)- BEGIN AGAIN(2013)- SING STREET(2016) Townsend, Stuart(1972- ) BATTLE IN SEATTLE(2007) McQuaid, Glenn(1973- ) V/H/S(2012) Sheridan, Kristen(1976- ) AUGUST RUSH(2007) Moore, Tomm(1977- ) THE SECRET OF KELLS(2009) Foy, Ciaran(1979- ) CITADEL(2012)- SINISTER 2(2015) Shore, Gary(1981- ) DRACULA UNTOLD(2014) Avis, Meiert FAR FROM HOME(1989) Daly, Lance KISSES(2008) McKendry, Gary KILLER ELITE(2011)
SCOTLAND Campbell, Colin(1859-1928) SPOILERS(1914) Mackenzie, John(1928-2011) SENSE OF FREEDOM, A(1979)- LONG GOOD FRIDAY, THE(1980)- FOURTH PROTOCOL, THE(1987)- LAST OF THE FINEST, THE(1990)- RUBY(1992) Cammell, Donald(1934-1996) PERFORMANCE (1970)- WHITE OF THE EYE(1987) Wilson, Richard(1936- ) IT’S ALL TRUE(1993) Gormley, Charles(1937-2005) GOSPEL ACCORDING TO VIC(1986) Millar, Gavin(1938- ) DREAMCHILD(1985) Forsyth, Bill(1946- ) GREGORY’S GIRL(1981)- LOCAL HERO(1983)- COMFORT AND JOY(1984)- HOUSEKEEPING(1987) -BREAKING IN(1989)- BEING HUMAN(1994) Miller, George T.(1943- ) NEVERENDING STORY II (1990) Spiers, Bob(1945-2008) THAT DARN CAT(1997)- SPICE WORLD(1997) O’brien, Jim(1947-2012) DRESSMAKER(1988) Boyd, Don(1948- ) TWENTY-ONE(1991) Hayman, David(1948- ) THE HAWK(1993) Mackinnon, Gillies(1948- ) PLAYBOYS, THE(1992)- A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE(1994)- SMALL FACES(1996)- TROJAN EDDIE(1997)- REGENERATION(1997)- HIDEOUS KINKY(1998) Byrne, David(1952- ) TRUE STORIES(1986)- BETWEEN THE TEETH(1994) Caton-Jones, Michael(1957- ) SCANDAL(1989)- MEMPHIS BELLE(1990)- DOC HOLLYWOOD(1991)- THIS BOY’S LIFE(1993)-JACKAL(1997)- CITY BY THE SEA(2002)- BEYOND THE GATES(2005)- BASIC INSTINCT 2(2006) Mullan, Peter(1959- ) THE MAGDALENE SISTERS(2002) Lannucci, Armando(1963- ) IN THE LOOP(2009)- THE DEATH OF STALIN(2017) Mcguigan, Paul(1963- ) THE ACID HOUSE(1998)- GANGSTER NO. 1(2000)- THE RECKONING(2002)- WICKER PARK(2004)- LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN(2006)- PUSH(2009)- VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN(2015)- FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL(2017) Mckay, John(1965- ) RUSH(2001) Maclean, John SLOW WEST(2015) Mackenzie, David(1966- ) YOUNG ADAM(2003)- ASYLUM(2005)- SPREAD(2009)- STARRED UP(2013)- OUTLAW KING(2018) Macdonald, Kevin(1967- ) ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER(1999)- TOUCHING THE VOID(2003)- THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND(2006)- STATE OF PLAY(2009)- THE EAGLE(2011)- MARLEY(2012)- HOW I LIVE NOW(2013)- BLACK SEA(2014)- WHITNEY(2018) Ramsay, Lynne(1969- ) RATCATCHER(1999)- MORVERN CALLAR(2002)- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN(2011)- YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE(2017) Vaughan, Tom(1969- ) STARTER FOR 10(2006)- WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS(2008)- EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES(2010) Baird, Jon S.(1972- ) FILTH(2013)- STAN & OLLIE(2018) Gillespie, Jim I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER(1997) Mackinnon, Douglas THE FLYING SCOTSMAN(2006)

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