description: Douglas Hyde, poet-folklorist, the first president of modern Ireland, and president of the Gaelic League, an organization hoping to revive the Irish language. This work sheds new light on Hyde s birth, his early education, and his relationships at the peak of his literary career with Lady Gregory, Yeats, and others. Gareth W. Dunleavy, Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
language: English
title: Douglas Hyde
titlecomplete: Douglas Hyde (The Irish writers series)
publisher: Bucknell University Press