This collection of papers includes the following: "Preface" (Keith Gregor); "Cultural Nationalism and the Irish Literary Revival" (David Pierce); "Transitions in Irish Miscellanies between 1923 and 1940" (Malcom Ballin); "Born into the Troubles: Deirdre Madden's 'Hidden Symptoms'" (Tamara Benito de la Iglesia); "'Reading in the Dark': The Transcendence of Political Reality Through Arts" (Aida Diaz Bild); "Ireland on Screen: A View from Spain" (Rosa Gonzalez Casademont); "Ireland, Nostalgia and Globalisation: Brian Friel's 'Dancing at Lughnasa' on Stage and Screen" (Mireia Aragay); "Returning the Gaze: Culture and the Politics of Surveillance in Ireland" (Spurgeon Thompson); "Narratives of Internal Exile in Mary Lavin's Short Stories" (Marie Arndt); and "I Am, Therefore I'm Not (Women)" (Moynagh Sullivan). It also includes reviews of two books: "Ireland's Others: Gender and Ethnicity in Irish Literature and Popular Culture" (Elizabeth Butler Culingford) and "Irlanda ante uno Nuevo Milenio" (Ines Praga Terente). The books are reviewed by Spurgeon Thompson and Keith Gregor, respectively. (Papers contain references.) (SM)