Irish Literature Since 1800

ISBN-13: 9780582494787 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 312 str.

Norman Vance

Opis

A full understanding of Irish Literature and the consciousness of Irish writers requires seeing them in the context of the issues that dominated the period in which they wrote. The questions of nationality, race and religion, the nature of Irish identity and efforts to develop a cultural consciousness, are examined here.

Spis treści

1. INTRODUCING IRELAND AND IRISH WRITING  2. ROMANTICISM IN IRELAND, 1800-1837   3. VICTORIAN IRELAND, 1837-1890  4. THE LITERARY REVIVAL AND OTHER STORIES, 1890-1920   5. JAMES JOYCE AND MODERN IRELAND, 1920-1960  6. WRITING AND CONTEMPORARY IRELAND, 1960-2000

O autorze

Norman Vance