The New Irish Studies
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- Editor: Paige Reynolds, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts
- Date Published: November 2020
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108473996
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The New Irish Studies demonstrates how diverse critical approaches enable a richer understanding of contemporary Irish writing and culture. The early decades of the twenty-first century in Ireland and Northern Ireland have seen an astonishing rate of change, one that reflects the common understanding of the contemporary as a moment of acceleration and flux. This collection tracks how Irish writers have represented the peace and reconciliation process in Northern Ireland, the consequences of the Celtic Tiger economic boom in the Republic, the waning influence of Catholicism, the increased authority of diverse voices, and an altered relationship with Europe. The essays acknowledge the distinctiveness of contemporary Irish literature, reflecting a sense that the local can shed light on the global, even as they reach beyond the limited tropes that have long identified Irish literature. The collection suggests routes forward for Irish Studies, and unsettles presumptions about what constitutes an Irish classic.
Read more- Gives an authoritative overview of contemporary Irish literature in chapters that focus on texts, performances, institutions, historical conditions, and practices
- Traces contemporary Irish literature from a range of perspectives and different critical approaches, including age studies, feminism, biodigital poetics, queer theory, neoliberalism, and globalism
- Highlights the engagement and activism of contemporary Irish writers and considers the function of Irish writing in reflecting and influencing rapidly changing contemporary cultural conditions
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- Date Published: November 2020
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108473996
- length: 308 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.58kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Paige Reynolds
Part I. Legacies:
2. People: race and class on the contemporary Irish stage Michael Pierse
3. Nation: reconciliation and the politics of friendship in post-troubles literature Stefanie Lehner
4. Migration: migrant artists changing the rules in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland Charlotte McIvor
5. Language: 'world literature' and contemporary Irish language writing Máirín Nic Eoin
6. Land: neoliberal wastelands in contemporary post-apocalyptic Irish cinema Emma Radley
Part II. Contemporary Conditions:
7. The global contemporary: the humanitarian legacy in Irish fiction Matthew Eatough
8. The queer contemporary: time and temporality in queer writing Ed Madden
9. The feminist contemporary: the contradictions of critique Claire Bracken
10. The maternal contemporary: pregnancy, maternity, and non-maternity on the Irish stage Emilie Pine
11. The aging contemporary: aging families and generational connections in Irish writing Margaret O'Neill and Michaela Schrage-Früh
Part III. Forms and Practices:
12. Ireland's real economy: post-crash fictions of the Celtic Tiger Adam Kelly
13. Northern Irish poetry Eric Falci
14. Essayism in contemporary Ireland Julie Bates
15. Killers, lovers, and teens: contemporary genre fiction Susan Cahill
16. 'One hundred years a nation': new modes of commemoration Margaret Kelleher
17. Coda: a new Irish studies Paige Reynolds.
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