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Decolonisation and Criticism
Gerry Smyth
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Description for Decolonisation and Criticism
Paperback. On the construction of Irish national identity, drawing on Irish history from the late nineteenth century to the present. Series: Contemporary Irish Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 462.
This book investigates the role of literary criticism in the process of Irish decolonisation since the late eighteenth century, with special emphasis on the 1950s.
Drawing on the work of both Irish and international commentators – including Edward Said, David Lloyd, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Luke Gibbons – Gerry Smyth seeks to reconfigure the established relations between literature and criticism. Smyth then sets his analysis against a modular theory of decolonisation based on a reading of Irish history from the perspective of contemporary postcolonial and post-structural theory.
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This book investigates the role of literary criticism in the process of Irish decolonisation since the late eighteenth century, with special emphasis on the 1950s.
Drawing on the work of both Irish and international commentators – including Edward Said, David Lloyd, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Luke Gibbons – Gerry Smyth seeks to reconfigure the established relations between literature and criticism. Smyth then sets his analysis against a modular theory of decolonisation based on a reading of Irish history from the perspective of contemporary postcolonial and post-structural theory.
Engaging with debates in a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Irish Studies
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745312279
SKU
V9780745312279
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About Gerry Smyth
Gerry Smyth is a lecturer in cultural history at Liverpool John Moores University, teaching colonialism, post-colonialism and contemporary Irish fiction. He has published on Joyce, Arnold, Irish traditional music, and contemporary Irish cultural criticism.
Reviews for Decolonisation and Criticism
'A valuable and groundbreaking book'
Irish Literary Supplement
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