Irish literature since 1990 : diverse voices

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Label

Irish literature since 1990 : diverse voices

Title remainder

diverse voices

Statement of responsibility

edited by Scott Brewster and Michael Parker

Contributor

• Brewster, Scott, (Reader in English literature)
• Parker, Michael, 1949-

Editor

• Brewster, Scott, (Reader in English literature)
• Parker, Michael, 1949-

Subject

• English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• English literature -- Irish authors | History and criticism
• Ireland -- In literature
• Irish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• National characteristics, Irish, in literature

Language

eng

Summary

This book focuses on the drama and poetry published since 1990. It also reflects upon related forms of creative work in this period, including film and the visual and performing arts. The book discusses some of the most topical issues which have emerged in Irish theatre since 1990. It traces the significance of the home in the poetry of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Vona Groarke. The book also focuses on the reconfigurations of identity, and the complex intersections of nationality, gender and race in contemporary Ireland. It shows how Roddy Doyle's return to the repressed gives articulation to those left behind by globalisation. The book then examines the ways in which post-Agreement Northern fiction negotiates its bitter legacies. It also examines how the activity of creating art in a time of violence brings about an anxiety regarding the artist's role, and how it calls into question the ability to re-present atrocity. The book further explores the consideration of politics and ethics in Irish drama since 1990. It talks about the swirling abundance of themes and trends in contemporary Irish fiction and autobiography. The book shows that writing in the Irish Republic and in the North has begun to accommodate an increasing diversity of voices which address themselves not only to issues preoccupying their local audiences, but also to wider geopolitical concerns.--

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Provided by publisher

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Open Access e-Books