| Contemporary Irish Fiction: Themes, Tropes, Theories 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Harte, L. (Editor), Parker, M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0312231644 ISBN-13: 9780312231644 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: The contributors examine the distinctive themes, styles, and narrative strategies of some of Ireland's finest contemporary novelists. The scope of the collection ranges from such internationally acclaimed authors as John Banville, Edna O'Brien and Patrick McCabe, to critically neglected writers such as Clare Boylan and Dorothy Nelson. The range of topics covered is equally diverse, covering fictional representation of such concepts as the city, exile, motherhood, incest, lesbianism, and political violence in Northern Ireland. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 823.910 |
| LCCN: 99055834 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.7" W x 8.77" (1.17 lbs) 271 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Ireland - Ethnic Orientation - Irish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recent years have witnessed an extraordinary growth in the richness and diversity of Irish fiction, with the publication of highly original and consistently challenging work by both new and established writers. Contemporary Irish Fiction provides an invaluable introduction to this exciting but largely uncharted area of literary criticism by bringing together 12 accessible, authoritative and stimulating essays by leading critics from Ireland, Britain and North America. Using a variety of critical methods and theoretical approaches, the contributors examine changing fictional narratives of Ireland, and offer informed analyses of the textual representation of such concepts as exile, political violence, gender and sexuality, motherhood amd urban life. The volume contains detailed assessments of such distinctive and distinguished writers as Brian Moore, John McGahern, Edna O'Brien, John Banville, Bernard Mac Laverty, Patrick McCabe, Colm T ib n, Glenn Patterson, Deirdre Madden and Emma Donoghue. |