| The Crossings of Art in Ireland Contributor(s): Maher, Eamon (Editor), Moi, Ruben (Editor), Boyce, Brynhildur (Editor) |
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ISBN: 303430983X ISBN-13: 9783034309837 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $80.37 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Drama - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.9 |
| Series: Reimagining Ireland |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.05 lbs) 311 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this volume explore interartistic connections in Irish literature, drama, film and the visual arts. Within modern and postmodern culture, innovation is often driven by surprising interrelations between the arts, and this book offers a discussion of this phenomenon and analyses a number of artworks that move across disciplines. Several contributors examine the concept of ekphrasis, looking at how Irish writers such as Seamus Heaney, John Banville, Paul Muldoon, Ciaran Carson, Patrick Kavanagh, W.B. Yeats and Samuel Beckett have responded to the visual arts. Others explore interartistic 'crossings' in the drama of Brian Friel, in James Barry's eighteenth-century Shakespeare paintings and in contemporary Irish film. Together, the essays present a fresh perspective on Irish artistic culture and open up new avenues for future study. |