After Yeats and Joyce - Reading Modern Irish Literature

Zusatztext lively! interestingly planned! sensitive! and possessed of great breadth Informationen zum Autor Neil Corcoran is a Professor in the School of English at the University of St Andrews. Klappentext From the 1920s onwards! Irish literature has been the subject of much contention. It is a period in which ideas of Ireland--people! community! and nation--and a distinct Irish identity have been challenged. Focusing after the works of Yeats and Joyce! the author explores the exact definition of Irish literature and offers a far-reaching introduction to modern Irish writing. 256 pp. Zusammenfassung An introduction to Irish literature from the 1920s onwards. The title suggests the immense influence Yeats and Joyce have had on the styles, stances, and preoccupations of 20th-century Irish literature. Authors from Kinsella and Beckett to William Trevor, Seamus Heaney and Mary Lavin are included.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Corcoran
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.08.1997
• EAN: 9780192892317
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289231-7
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Opus; Opus S; Opus; Opus S
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies