UID:
almahu_9948265347102882
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 391 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781108616348 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Irish literature in transition ; Volume 5
Content:
This volume explores the history of Irish writing between the Second World War (or the 'Emergency') in 1939 and the re-emergence of violence in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. It situates modern Irish writing within the contexts of cultural transition and transnational connection, often challenging pre-existing perceptions of Irish literature in this period as stagnant and mundane. While taking into account the grip of Irish censorship and cultural nationalism during the mid-twentieth century, these essays identify an Irish literary culture stimulated by international political horizons and fully responsive to changes in publishing, readership, and education. The book combines valuable cultural surveys with focussed discussions of key literary moments, and of individual authors such as Seán O'Faoláin, Samuel Beckett, Edna O'Brien, and John McGahern.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2020).
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Introduction -- After the war: ideologies in transition -- Genres in transition -- Sex, politics and literary protest -- Identities and connections -- Retrospective frameworks: criticism in transition.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108480444
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108616348
