John Wilson Foster

Auteur van The Cambridge Companion to the Irish Novel

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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 toon meer 2006) and Colonial Consequences: Essays in Irish Literature and Culture (1991). toon minder

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Werken van John Wilson Foster

Populair Recent

The Titanic Reader (2000) — Redacteur — 19 exemplaren

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

Pilgrims of the Air (2014) 17 exemplaren

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

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

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

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

The Achievement of Seamus Heaney (1995) 5 exemplaren

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

Forces and themes in Ulster fiction (1974) 4 exemplaren

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

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

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

Titanic: The Sceptre of Power (2011) 1 exemplaar

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The Nabob A Tale of Ninety - Eight (2006) — Notes & afterword, sommige edities — 7 exemplaren

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Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten: Foster, Jack
Geboortedatum: 1930
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: Ireland
Geboorteplaats: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Woonplaatsen: 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… door 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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