Culture, Northern Ireland, and the Second World War

Informationen zum Autor Guy Woodward was awarded a doctorate by Trinity College Dublin in 2012. From 2012-13 he held a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded by the Irish Research Council. He has taught at universities in Ireland and in Mexico and is now a Visiting Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin. He has also co-edited a collection of essays, Irish Culture and Wartime Europe, 1938-48, published by Four Courts Press, Dublin. Klappentext Culture, Northern Ireland, and the Second World War presents a new cultural history of Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, examining the often-neglected period before the onset of the Troubles and exploring work by the generation of artists and writers that preceded Seamus Heaney and his contemporaries. Zusammenfassung Culture, Northern Ireland, and the Second World War presents a new cultural history of Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, examining the often-neglected period before the onset of the Troubles and exploring work by the generation of artists and writers that preceded Seamus Heaney and his contemporaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: His story was confirmed by others': Autobiographical Fiction and Memoir 2: 'An angry wind strumming the wires': Poetry 3: 'Strange Openings': Visual Art 4: Ulster Quislings and Drapery Romances: Political Writing Afterword: 'We had met people very different from ourselves'

Product details

• Authors: Guy Woodward, Guy (Visiting Lecturer Woodward
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9780198716853
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871685-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, English, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Northern Ireland, British & Irish history, Second World War, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater