Ireland: In Word and Image: In Word and Image - Jay Ben Adlersberg

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Résumé :
Beyond the green land, the pubs and the auburn hair, is a rich culture dating back nine thousand years, including invasions by just about every nation in Northern Europe. The Irish have survived as a people, perhaps because of the genetics of hope, the richness of tale-telling and laughter, and the scent of peat in the air.-Jay Ben Adlersberg
The Emerald Isle is known for its gorgeous countryside, and rightfully so. From the rugged cliffs of the Atlantic coast to the lush meadows and lakes of the interior, Ireland is rich in imagery both awe-inspiring and serene. The vibrant streets of such cities as Dublin and Belfast, where modern architecture rubs shoulders with Georgian townhouses and Norman stonework, testify to the island's 21st century resurgence as the cosmopolitan 'Celtic Tiger.' From the remains of a Bronze Age ring fort to the soaring modern Spire of Dublin to the stallions of the National Stud, Ireland is a land of surprising variety.
The rich color images collected here weave together the portrait of a land where Paleolithic monuments, medieval castles, quiet fishing villages, and bustling cities all exist alongside each other. From the eerie, astonishing hexagonal stones of the 'Giant's Causeway' in County Antrim to the cozy atmosphere of the town pub; from breathtaking wild landscapes to the exquisite gardens of stately homes; each page offers a new glimpse of Ireland's multifarious beauty. The prehistoric tombs of Newgrange, the Gothic peaks of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the sublime scenery of Connemara National Park, and countless country villages, all are here. With a keen visual sensibility, Jay Ben Adlersberg captures the tiniest details and the most magnificent vistas that are at the island's heart and that make Ireland one of the world's loveliest places to travel-or to call home.
Here, too, is a journey through Ireland's history. The soaring modern Spire of Dublin monument, the elegant campus of Trinity College, the ancient seat of Ireland's kings at Tara-each evokes a different moment in Ireland's many-layered past. Written in the land itself, Ireland's history appears here in the slope of a thatched roof, in the grass-grown remains of a Bronze Age ring fort, in a field tilled for centuries. Finally, here is the soul of a land where, out of the hardships of the past, have come arts and culture alive with creativity and resilience, from traditional flute and fiddle music to a diverse literary tradition from which thirty poems and literary excerpts have been chosen to accompany Adlersberg's images, including the romantic prose of James Joyce; the humorous boyhood memories of Frank McCourt; the celebration of natural beauty in the poetry of W.B. Yeats; and the folk tales of Douglas Hyde; as well as numerous others whose writings capture the unique spirit that is Ireland.
Samantha Bowser supplies the rich and nuanced captions for the more than two hundred photographs.

Biographie:
Jay Ben Adlersberg is a contributing artist to Getty Images. His clients include Microsoft, Saatchi and Saatchi, Macmillan and The New York Times. He brings a journalist's eye to his images of countries and their people. He was inspired by his daughter, an editorial and portrait photographer in New York City, to pursue photography more seriously.

Jay has been voted one of the Best Doctors in New York. For the past 30 years, he has reported nightly on medical news for WABC-TV, and--together with other ABC NEWS staff--won a Peabody Award for coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

He lives in New York City.
Jay Ben Adlersberg website: http://www.jaybenimages.com

EDITOR, Samantha Bowser is an avid student of history and culture pursuing a career in archival work. She has contributed to a number of Welcome titles including Exodus and Red Carpet. She claims Irish heritage through her father and was thrilled to travel in Ireland with Jay Adlersberg for the creation of this book. She lives in New York City.

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Ireland: In Word and Image

Table of Contents

Foreword (forthcoming)
Introduction by Jay Ben Adlersberg

PROSE
First Love by Samuel Beckett
The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen
A Munster Twilight by Daniel Corkery
Nightfall by Daniel Corkery
The Piper and the P?ca by Douglas Hyde
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Dubliners by James Joyce
The Dead by James Joyce
Homes on the Mountain by Benedict Kiely
Marbhan's Hymn of Content by Lady Gregory Augusta
Hurrish by Emily Lawless
On the Empty Shore by Seosamh Mac Grianna
Angela's Ashes By Frank McCourt
Going Home by Brian Moore
Home Sickness by George Moore
Floodtide by M?irt?n ? Cadhain
A Fanatic Heart by Edna O'Brien
The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
Speech at Tara Daniel O'Connell
Guests of the Nation by Frank O'Connor
The Hawk by Liam O'Flaherty
The Reaping Race by Liam O'Flaherty
The Matter With Ireland by George Bernard Shaw
The Irish Sketchbook by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm T?ib?n
Beyond the Pale by William Trevor
The Earth-Shapers retold by Ella Young

POETRY
After the Storm by Eva Gore-Booth
The Little Girl's Riddle by Eva Gore-Booth
Blessing of the Moon by F. Marian MacNeil
Rocks by Tim Goulding
The Blessing of the Elements by Saint Patrick
The Dance Half Done by May Ann Larkin
The Ram's Horn by John Hewitt
The Shadow House of Lugh by Anonymous, 8th Century
Windharp by John Montague
Digging by Seamus Heaney
Quote from Edna O'Brien
Fair Hills of Eire by Donnchadh Rua Mac Conmara
I Am of Ireland by Anonymous
Bring Home the Poet by Patrick MacDonough
Prelude by J. M. Synge
The Passing of the Gael by Ethna Carbery
The Song of Wandering Aengus by W.B. Yeats
The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W. B. Yeats
A Man Is Only As Good… by Pat Boran
Irish Nocturne by C. S. Lewis
Epic by Patrick Kavanagh
Lament of the Irish Emigrant by Helen Selina, Lady Dufferin
Spenser's Ireland by Marianne Moore
The Cow by James Stephens
The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith
The Emigrant's Adieu to Ballyshannon by William Allingham
The Fair Hills of Ireland by Samuel Ferguson
The Giant's Causeway by William Hamilton Drummond
The Green Glens Of Antrim (song)
The Paps of Dana by James Stephens
Under Ben Bulben by William Butler Yeats
Westland Row by James Stephens