“Our national poet WB Yeats said that every Irish writer had a decision to take: whether to express Ireland or exploit it. In his day, the choice lay between expressing the nation to itself or exploiting it for the amused… — Declan Kiberd Copy Share Image
“for journalists words are simply tokens to be arranged and rearranged indifferently. But for an artist there can be only one ideal order.” — Declan Kiberd Copy Share Image
“A man [Joyce] whose earliest stories appeared next to the manure prices in the Irish Homestead knew that columns of prose, like columns of… — Declan Kiberd Copy Share Image
“Declan Kiberd: Irish writers were an early warning system about abuse Artists played a vital role in the State's formation and since independence have… — Declan Kiberd Copy Share Image
“Our national poet WB Yeats said that every Irish writer had a decision to take: whether to express Ireland or exploit it. In his… — Declan Kiberd Copy Share Image
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