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Irish Literature Since 1990
Diverse voices
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Edited by:
Michael Parker
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2009
About this book
This wide-ranging collection surveys the diversity and energy of Irish literature over the last two decades, a period marked by major cultural, social and political transformations. It examines the work of both well-established writers and emerging literary talents, and also considers creative work in film, visual culture and the performing arts.
Author / Editor information
Parker Michael :
Michael Parker is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Central LancashireBrewster Scott :
Scott Brewster is Director of English at the University of Salford.
Topics
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Part I Contexts
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The Republic and Northern Ireland since 1990 Michael Parker Open Access Download PDF |
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Culture, criticism, theory since 1990 Scott Brewster Open Access Download PDF |
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Part II Drama
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Irish drama since 1990 Clare Wallace Open Access Download PDF |
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Foregrounding the body and performance in plays by Gina Moxley, Emma Donoghue and Marina Carr Mária Kurdi Open Access Download PDF |
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Representations of Irish political leaders in the ‘Haughey’ plays of Carr, Barry and Breen Anthony Roche Open Access Download PDF |
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Martine Pelletier Open Access Download PDF |
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Part III Poetry
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Irish poetry since 1990 Jerzy Jarniewicz and John McDonagh Open Access Download PDF |
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Representations of the house in the poetry of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Vona Groarke Lucy Collins Open Access Download PDF |
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Familiarisation and estrangement in Seamus Heaney’s later poetry Joanna Cowper Open Access Download PDF |
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New generation Northern Irish poets (Sinéad Morrissey and Nick Laird) Michael Parker Open Access Download PDF |
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Part IV Fiction and autobiography
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Irish fiction and autobiography since 1990 Liam Harte Open Access Download PDF |
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Heidi Hansson Open Access Download PDF |
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Writing home in recent Irish memoirs and autobiographies (John McGahern’s Memoir, Hugo Hamilton’s The Speckled People, Seamus Deane’s Reading in the Dark and John Walsh’s The Falling Angels) Stephen Regan Open Access Download PDF |
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Unearthing the truth in Patrick O’Keeffe’s The Hill Road Vivian Valvano Lynch Open Access Download PDF |
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The return of the repressed in Roddy Doyle’s Paula Spencer Jennifer M. Jeffers Open Access Download PDF |
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Northern Irish fiction after the Troubles Neal Alexander Open Access Download PDF |
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Part V After words
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The representation of violence in Northern Irish art Shane Alcobia-Murphy Open Access Download PDF |
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
May 26, 2017
eBook ISBN:
9781526125149
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
320
eBook ISBN:
9781526125149
Keywords for this book
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin; geopolitical concern; globalisation; Irish autobiography; Irish drama; Irish fiction; Irish identity; Irish poetry; Irish politics; Irish Republic; Irish theatre; Roddy Doyle; visual art; Vona Groarke
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General/trade;
Creative Commons
BY-NC-ND 4.0
