Author: PIERCE, DAVID
Title: Light, freedom and song : a cultural history of modern Irish writing
Description: New Haven. Conn. ; London : Yale University Press 2005. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 350 pages; Description: x. 350 p. : ill. (some col. ). col. Maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-337) and index. Subjects: Literature and society --Ireland --History --20th century. Summary: In this absorbing analysis of modern Irish writing. an acknowledged expert considers the hybrid character of modern Irish writing to show how language. culture. and history have been affected by the colonial encounter between Ireland and Britain. Examining the great themes of loss and struggle. David Pierce traces the impact on Irish writing of the Great Famine and cultural nationalism and considers the way the work of Ireland's two leading writers. W. B. Yeats and James Joyce. complicate and elucidate our view of “the harp and the crown. ”The book draws a contrast between the West of Ireland in the 1930s. when the new Irish State enjoyed its first full independent decade. and the North of Ireland in the 1980s. when the spectre of British imperialism threatened the stability of Ireland. Pierce then surveys contemporary Irish writing and reflects on the legacy of the colonial encounter and on the passage to a postmodern or postnationalist Ireland in the work of such crucial living writers as John Banville. Derek Mahon. and John McGahern. by David Pierce.ISBN: 0300109946. Weight in Kg appr.:

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