Andrew Murphy is Professor of English and Director of the Graduate School at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His authored books include: But the Irish Sea Betwixt Us: Ireland, Colonialism, and Renaissance Literature (1999), Shakespeare in Print: A History and Chronology of Shakespeare Publishing (Cambridge, 2003) and Shakespeare for the People: Working-class Readers, 1800-1900 (Cambridge, 2008).

• Introduction; 1. Textual nationalism and oral culture; 2. Education and the rise of literacy; 3. W. B. Yeats and the Irish reader; 4. Contending textualities; 5. Censorship; Afterword: Joycean transformations; Appendix: W. B. Yeats' Irish canon.

'This is a genuinely original work, marked by the author's own valuable insights and sound conclusions. It effectively uses existing scholarship, skilfully incorporating it into the author's own theses, and producing an original synthesis of existing and new material. … It presents original and coherent arguments, well supported by meticulous, wide-ranging research, and is written with conviction and clarity … an important addition to the literature on Irish cultural nationalism.' James Quinn, Managing Editor, Dictionary of Irish Biography

Andrew Murphy is Professor of English and Director of the Graduate School at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His authored books include: But the Irish Sea Betwixt Us: Ireland, Colonialism, and Renaissance Literature (1999), Shakespeare in Print: A History and Chronology of Shakespeare Publishing (Cambridge, 2003) and Shakespeare for the People: Working-class Readers, 1800-1900 (Cambridge, 2008).

• Introduction; 1. Textual nationalism and oral culture; 2. Education and the rise of literacy; 3. W. B. Yeats and the Irish reader; 4. Contending textualities; 5. Censorship; Afterword: Joycean transformations; Appendix: W. B. Yeats' Irish canon.

'This is a genuinely original work, marked by the author's own valuable insights and sound conclusions. It effectively uses existing scholarship, skilfully incorporating it into the author's own theses, and producing an original synthesis of existing and new material. … It presents original and coherent arguments, well supported by meticulous, wide-ranging research, and is written with conviction and clarity … an important addition to the literature on Irish cultural nationalism.' James Quinn, Managing Editor, Dictionary of Irish Biography

Andrew Murphy is Professor of English and Director of the Graduate School at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His authored books include: But the Irish Sea Betwixt Us: Ireland, Colonialism, and Renaissance Literature (1999), Shakespeare in Print: A History and Chronology of Shakespeare Publishing (Cambridge, 2003) and Shakespeare for the People: Working-class Readers, 1800-1900 (Cambridge, 2008).

• Introduction; 1. Textual nationalism and oral culture; 2. Education and the rise of literacy; 3. W. B. Yeats and the Irish reader; 4. Contending textualities; 5. Censorship; Afterword: Joycean transformations; Appendix: W. B. Yeats' Irish canon.

'This is a genuinely original work, marked by the author's own valuable insights and sound conclusions. It effectively uses existing scholarship, skilfully incorporating it into the author's own theses, and producing an original synthesis of existing and new material. … It presents original and coherent arguments, well supported by meticulous, wide-ranging research, and is written with conviction and clarity … an important addition to the literature on Irish cultural nationalism.' James Quinn, Managing Editor, Dictionary of Irish Biography