This book examines the literary, cultural and metaphorical importance of the Aran Islands through a comparative analysis of Emily Lawless s Grania: The Story of an Island (1892), J. M. Synge s The Aran Islands (1907), Liam O Flaithearta s Duil (1953) and Mairtin O Direain s Danta: 1939-1979 (1980). It draws on hypotheses from postcolonial, utopian and island studies, and focuses in particular on the power of language and the significance of the dialectic of place and space.
The author employs a variety of approaches from the fields of cartography, history,...