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1、SpringSowingByXXX1AbouttheAuthor2TheHistoryofIreland3IrelandandNorthernIreland4AbouttheRenaissanceofIrelandAbouttheauthorLiamO'FlahertywasborninIrelandin1896.HewroteinEnglishandIrish.In1923,O'Flahertypublishedhisfirstnovel,ThyNeighbour'sWife,thoughttobeoneof
2、hisbest.In1935,hisnovelTheInformer(forwhichhehadbeenawardedthe1925JamesTaitBlackMemorialPrizeforfiction)wasmadeintoafilmofthesamename.Healsopublishedsomeshortstorycollections.O'Flahertydiedon7September1984,inDublin,andmanyofhisworksweresubsequentlyrepublishe
3、d.HeisrememberedtodayasapowerfulwriterandastrongvoiceinIrishculture.In2006amemorialgardenwasbuiltinhisnativevillage,withaplaquedescribinghislifeandwritings.AbouttheauthorThethemesofO'FlahertycamefromhisexperienceofgrowingupintheextremelypoorcommunityinIrelan
4、d,andduringwhichhischaracterandwritingstylewereaffectedalot.Withrealismstyle,hiswritingisnatural,mysteriousandromantic.Hesaid:"Iwasborninastorm-sweptrockandhatethesoftgrowthofsun-bakedlandswherehasnofrostinmen'sbones."AbouttheauthorTheHistoryofIrelandThewhol
5、eislandofIrelandformedaconstituentpartoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandfrom1801to1922.Foralmostallofthisperiod,IrelandwasgovernedbytheParliamentoftheUKthroughitsDublinCastleadministrationinIreland.Irelandfacedconsiderableeconomicdifficultiesinthe19t
6、hcentury,includingtheGreatFamineofthe1840s.Thelate19thcenturyandearly20thcenturysawavigorouscampaignforIrishHomeRule.IrelandandNorthernIrelandSeveralcenturiesago,theUKannexedandcolonizedIreland.Beingcruellymassacred,IrishpeoplewereforcedtofleetoNorthAmerica.
7、WhenSouthernIrelandgainedindependencefromUK,thepeopleinNorthernIrelandwerealmostEnglishmen.Thus,whenNorthernIrelandvotedtodecideitsfuture,withnodoubt,themayorityofEnglishmendecidedtoremainNorthernIrelandasaterritoryofGreatBritain.AbouttheRenaissanceofIreland
8、Attheendof19thcenturyandbeginningof20thcentury(1920s),allranksandgroupsofsocietydesiredforgettingridofcolonialismofUKandself-government.Torevivenationalliterature,languageandartofIreland,patriot
