Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 391 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781108616348
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)
In:
Volume 5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108480444
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Irish literature in transition ; 5: Irish literature in transition, 1940-1980 Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ISBN 9781108480444
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/9781108616348
Author information:
Patten, Eve 1964-
