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Contemporary Irish Republican Prison Writing: Writing and Resistance (New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature)
Lachlan Whalen
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Description for Contemporary Irish Republican Prison Writing: Writing and Resistance (New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature)
Hardcover. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 259 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
As it traces the textual history of the works of authors like Bobby Sands and Gerry Adams, this book analyses Republican resistance to disciplinary structures, demonstrating the ways in which prisoners appropriate space through discursive strategies.
As it traces the textual history of the works of authors like Bobby Sands and Gerry Adams, this book analyses Republican resistance to disciplinary structures, demonstrating the ways in which prisoners appropriate space through discursive strategies.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403981936
SKU
V9781403981936
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99-15
About Lachlan Whalen
LACHLAN WHALEN is Assistant Professor of English at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA.
Reviews for Contemporary Irish Republican Prison Writing: Writing and Resistance (New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature)
"An original study. In addition to using his readings of prison literature to highlight the continuing influence of a subtly conservative modernist aesthetic within the academy, Whalen also refutes elements of the poststructural theory that has represented new criticism s most widely-accepted alternative, rejecting in particular poststructuralism s pessimism concerning the possibility of human agency. Whalen s readings are superb; ... Read more