An incredible poem, supplying the world with rich imagery and new understandings.

Yeats’s Poem is Powerful:

Dr. John Maher’s Slouching Towards Jerusalem is a unique contribution to comparative literature (Irish, Israeli and Palestinian) and deals with the under-researched phenomenon of reactive nationalism (emotional rather than ideological nationalism). It is the only comparative published study of its kind involving the three literatures and reflects its author’s long-term engagement with two arenas of conflict: the Israeli-Palestinian and Northern Irish conflicts.

Slouching Towards Jerusalem surveys these through the eyes of contemporary novelists from both arenas. Maher’s selection of authors is wide and varied and includes both lesser-known and emergent authors.

Chinua Achebe titled his book: Things Fall Apart:

Things Fall Apart is the debut novel by a Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. It depicts pre-colonial life in Igboland and the invasion by Europeans during the late 19th century. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of the first to receive global critical acclaim