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Between Two Shores / Idir Dhá Chladach: Writing the Aran Islands, 1890-1980
Mairéad Conneely
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Paperback. Between Two Shores / Idir Dha Chladach Series: Reimagining Ireland. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436. Galway. Signed and inscribed by author. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
This book examines the literary, cultural and metaphorical importance of the Aran Islands through a comparative analysis of Emily Lawless’s Grania: The Story of an Island (1892), J. M. Synge’s The Aran Islands (1907), Liam Ó Flaithearta’s Dúil (1953) and Máirtín Ó Direáin’s Dánta: 1939-1979 (1980). It draws on hypotheses from postcolonial, utopian and island studies, and focuses in particular on the power of language and the significance of the dialectic of place and space.
The author employs a variety of approaches from the fields of cartography, history, geology and cultural studies, in order to give a comprehensive picture ... Read more
This book examines the literary, cultural and metaphorical importance of the Aran Islands through a comparative analysis of Emily Lawless’s Grania: The Story of an Island (1892), J. M. Synge’s The Aran Islands (1907), Liam Ó Flaithearta’s Dúil (1953) and Máirtín Ó Direáin’s Dánta: 1939-1979 (1980). It draws on hypotheses from postcolonial, utopian and island studies, and focuses in particular on the power of language and the significance of the dialectic of place and space.
The author employs a variety of approaches from the fields of cartography, history, geology and cultural studies, in order to give a comprehensive picture ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Reimagining Ireland
Number of Pages
289
Place of Publication
Pieterlen, Switzerland
ISBN
9783034301442
SKU
KOG0005815
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Ref
99-1
About Mairéad Conneely
Mairéad Conneely teaches Irish and lectures in Irish-language literature at the University of Limerick. Her next project will be a biography of Máirtín Ó Direáin and she is also engaged in a study of contemporary Irish-language drama.
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