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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.
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Front matter
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on contributors
viii - Part I Contexts
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1 Changing history
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2 Flying high?
16 - Part II Drama
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3 Home places
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4 Women on the stage in the 1990s
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5 The stuff of tragedy?
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6 New articulations of Irishness and otherness on the contemporary Irish stage
98 - Part III Poetry
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7 Scattered and diverse
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8 Architectural metaphors
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9 ‘The places I go back to’
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10 Neither here nor there
177 - Part IV Fiction and autobiography
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11 ‘Tomorrow we will change our names, invent ourselves again’
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12 Anne Enright and postnationalism in the contemporary Irish novel
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13 ‘Sacred spaces’
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14 Secret gardens
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15 ‘What’s it like being Irish?’
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16 Remembering to forget
272 - Part V After words
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17 ‘What do I say when they wheel out their dead?’
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Bibliography
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Index
327
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;
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BY-NC-ND 4.0
