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The Novel and the Nation. Studies in the New Irish Fiction.
Gerry Smyth
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Description for The Novel and the Nation. Studies in the New Irish Fiction.
Paperback. An introduction to the issues surrounding the emergence of the Irish Novel since the eighteenth century, and an analysis of a number of contemporary Irish writers Series: Contemporary Irish Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Recent developments in Irish literature are largely ignored in existing critical texts on Irish culture. This is the first study to make a detailed examination of the new novelists and themes emerging in the genre, as well as covering the foundations of contemporary Irish fiction.
Gerry Smyth provides a broad overview of the forms and theories that comprise the traditional Irish novel and explores the ways in which modern writers challenge established notions of Irish fiction. Focusing on the work of leading contemporary Irish writers – including Roddy Doyle, Glenn Patterson, Emma Donoghue and Patrick McCabe ... Read more
Recent developments in Irish literature are largely ignored in existing critical texts on Irish culture. This is the first study to make a detailed examination of the new novelists and themes emerging in the genre, as well as covering the foundations of contemporary Irish fiction.
Gerry Smyth provides a broad overview of the forms and theories that comprise the traditional Irish novel and explores the ways in which modern writers challenge established notions of Irish fiction. Focusing on the work of leading contemporary Irish writers – including Roddy Doyle, Glenn Patterson, Emma Donoghue and Patrick McCabe ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Irish Studies
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745312156
SKU
V9780745312156
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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 The Novel and the Nation. Studies in the New Irish Fiction.
'An enormously stimulating book'
Irish Democrat 'A marvellous resource for anyone teaching Irish Studies. .Imbued with the spirit of Joyce, Smyth's detailed investigations of the dominant themes of the new Irish fiction are fruitful and provocative'
Textual Practice
Irish Democrat 'A marvellous resource for anyone teaching Irish Studies. .Imbued with the spirit of Joyce, Smyth's detailed investigations of the dominant themes of the new Irish fiction are fruitful and provocative'
Textual Practice