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After Yeats and Joyce: Reading Modern Irish Literature
Neil Corcoran
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Description for After Yeats and Joyce: Reading Modern Irish Literature
Paperback. An introduction to Irish literature from the 1920s onwards. The title suggests the immense influence Yeats and Joyce have had on the styles, stances, and preoccupations of 20th-century Irish literature. Authors from Kinsella and Beckett to William Trevor, Seamus Heaney and Mary Lavin are included. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 206 pages, further reading list, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Irish literature after Yeats and Joyce, from the 1920s onwards, includes texts which have been the subject of much contention. For a start how should Irish literature be defined: as works which have been written in Irish or as works written in Englsih by the Irish? It is a period in which ideas of Ireland-of people, community, and nation-have been both created and reflected, and in which conceptions of a distinct Irish identity have been articulated, defended, and challenged; a period which has its origins in a time of intense political turmoil. `after Yeats and Joyce' ... Read more
Irish literature after Yeats and Joyce, from the 1920s onwards, includes texts which have been the subject of much contention. For a start how should Irish literature be defined: as works which have been written in Irish or as works written in Englsih by the Irish? It is a period in which ideas of Ireland-of people, community, and nation-have been both created and reflected, and in which conceptions of a distinct Irish identity have been articulated, defended, and challenged; a period which has its origins in a time of intense political turmoil. `after Yeats and Joyce' ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
OPUS
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192892317
SKU
KAC0004234
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About Neil Corcoran
Neil Corcoran is a Professor in the School of English at the University of St Andrews.
Reviews for After Yeats and Joyce: Reading Modern Irish Literature
lively, interestingly planned, sensitive, and possessed of great breadth
Professor Edward Larrissy
Professor Edward Larrissy