| Abbreviations
To a large extent, we have endeavoured to
avoid using abbreviations in the database. Where there are abbreviations (in
the bibliographies, for example) we follow the guidelines of the Modern
Language Association of America (MLA) system. Scholarly abbreviations used
in the database are:
| arr. |
Arranged |
| BA |
Bachelor of
arts |
| cf. |
Compare |
| comp. |
Compiler /
compiled by |
| dir. |
Director /
directed by |
| ed. |
Editor /
edited by / edition |
| et al |
And others |
| fl. |
Floruit /
flourished – we have used this date to indicate the period during which
an author’s work was published in cases where we do not have the dates
of birth or death of a writer |
| fwd. |
Foreword /
foreword by |
| intro.
|
Introduction
/ introduced by |
| illus.
|
Illustrator /
illustrated by |
| MA |
Master of
arts |
| Ms., mss.
|
Manuscript,
manuscripts |
| n.d. |
No date
of publication on the book in question |
| n.p. |
No place of
publication; no publisher name on the book in question |
| PhD |
Doctor of
philosophy |
| rev. |
Reviewer /
reviewed by |
| sel. |
Selected by |
| ser. |
Series |
| sic |
Thus in the
source – i.e. we have reproduced a quotation exactly as it is in the
original source, including spelling or other differences from standard
english |
| trans.
|
Translator /
translated by / translation |
| unpub. |
Unpublished |
| U |
University
[see below for a list of specific universities] |
| UP |
University
Press |
| vol. |
volume |
Most of the Irish universities referred
to are abbreviated, and they are:
| UCC |
University
College Cork, recently renamed NUI Cork (National University of Ireland
Cork). In one or two bibliographical entries UCC is referred to by its
original name, Queen’s College Cork or QCC. |
| UCG |
University
College Galway, also NUI Galway (National University of Ireland Galway) |
| NUI |
Maynooth
National University of Ireland Maynooth |
| UL |
University of
Limerick |
| UCD |
University
College Dublin |
| TCD |
Trinity
College Dublin |
References in the biographical entries to
secondary material – such as other dictionaries of Irish Literature, or
works relating to specific writers – can be found in full in the
Bibliography which contains a list of all the material we used in compiling
the database.
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