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Daniel Corkery's Cultural Criticism: Selected Writings
Heather Laird
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Hardcover. Daniel Corkery was the most influential and provocative cultural critic of the early Irish Free State. Since the 1960s, Corkery's name, however, has become increasingly synonymous with a narrow-gauge nationalism that, in the eyes of many, has sought to stifle an emerging 'modern' Ireland. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 638. In original cloth covers with gilt title to spine. Extremely minimal pen scoring. Review pasted to FFEPs. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a very good copy
Daniel Corkery was the most influential and provocative cultural critic of the early Irish Free State. Since the 1960s, Corkery's name, however, has become increasingly synonymous with a narrow-gauge nationalism that, in the eyes of many, has sought to stifle an emerging 'modern' Ireland. This publication makes the case for a reassessment of Corkery's cultural criticism, and reveals that the commonplace depiction of a parochial and racist Corkery, while not entirely groundless, is based on a reading of his critical writings that is both selective and reductive. Corkery's cultural criticism is viewed in this book, not as ... Read more
Daniel Corkery was the most influential and provocative cultural critic of the early Irish Free State. Since the 1960s, Corkery's name, however, has become increasingly synonymous with a narrow-gauge nationalism that, in the eyes of many, has sought to stifle an emerging 'modern' Ireland. This publication makes the case for a reassessment of Corkery's cultural criticism, and reveals that the commonplace depiction of a parochial and racist Corkery, while not entirely groundless, is based on a reading of his critical writings that is both selective and reductive. Corkery's cultural criticism is viewed in this book, not as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781859184554
SKU
KMK0012987
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About Heather Laird
Heather Laird is a lecturer in the School of English, University College Cork
Reviews for Daniel Corkery's Cultural Criticism: Selected Writings
Heather Laird's magnificent collection provides a long overdue critical reader for the Cork-based writer, Daniel Corkery
a seminal cultural and literary critic of the early Irish Free State. With admirable clarity, critical skill and historical knowlege, Laird establishes Corkery's contemporary relevance and also the various ways in which his intellectual standing has been obfuscated and diminished by the 'revisionist' turn in ... Read more
a seminal cultural and literary critic of the early Irish Free State. With admirable clarity, critical skill and historical knowlege, Laird establishes Corkery's contemporary relevance and also the various ways in which his intellectual standing has been obfuscated and diminished by the 'revisionist' turn in ... Read more