John Wilson Foster

Autor von The Cambridge Companion to the Irish Novel

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Über den Autor

Professor John Wilson Foster is in the Department of English, University of British Columbia, Canada. He has written 14 books including Irish Novels 1890-1940: New Bearings in Culture and Fiction (Oxford University Press 2008), the Cambridge Companion to the Irish Novel (Cambridge University Press mehr anzeigen 2006) and Colonial Consequences: Essays in Irish Literature and Culture (1991). weniger anzeigen

Beinhaltet den Namen: Wilson Foster John (Ed)

Werke von John Wilson Foster

Beliebt Zuletzt

The Titanic Reader (2000) — Herausgeber — 19 Exemplare

The Cambridge Companion to the Irish Novel (2006) 19 Exemplare

Pilgrims of the Air (2014) 17 Exemplare

Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History (1997) — Senior editor — 12 Exemplare

Irish Novels 1890-1940: New Bearings in Culture and Fiction (2008) 9 Exemplare

Recoveries: Neglected Episodes in Irish Cultural History 1860-1912 (2002) 6 Exemplare

The idea of the Union: Statements and critiques in support of the union of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (1995) 5 Exemplare

The Achievement of Seamus Heaney (1995) 5 Exemplare

Fictions of the Irish Literary revival : a changeling art (1993) 4 Exemplare

Forces and themes in Ulster fiction (1974) 4 Exemplare

Colonial Consequences: Essays in Irish Literature and Culture (1991) 4 Exemplare

"Titanic Complex": A Cultural Manifest (1997) 2 Exemplare

Between Shadows: Modern Irish Writing and Culture (2009) 2 Exemplare

Titanic: The Sceptre of Power (2011) 1 Exemplar

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The Nabob A Tale of Ninety - Eight (2006) — Notes & afterword, einige Ausgaben — 7 Exemplare

Words of the grey wind: words and epiphany in Ulster (2009) — Vorwort — 5 Exemplare

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Andere Namen: Foster, Jack
Geburtstag: 1930
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: Ireland
Geburtsort: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Wohnorte: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Portaferry, Northern Ireland, UK

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Pilgrims of the Air: The Passing of the Passenger… von John Wilson Foster

A well written account of the natural history and unnatural demise of the passenger pigeon. I wish some of the sources were more clearly delineated, but with that caveat, this is a good read.

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JBD1 | Jun 4, 2023 |

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