After Ireland
Writing the Nation from Beckett to the Present
Nonfiction, History, Ireland, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Biography & Memoir, Literary
| Author: | Declan Kiberd | ISBN: | 9780674981669 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | November 13, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Declan Kiberd |
| ISBN: | 9780674981669 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | November 13, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Political failures and globalization have eroded Ireland’s sovereignty—a decline portended in Irish literature. Surveying the bleak themes in thirty works by modern writers, Declan Kiberd finds audacious experimentation that embodies the defiance and resourcefulness of Ireland’s founding spirit—and a strange kind of hope for a more open nation.
Political failures and globalization have eroded Ireland’s sovereignty—a decline portended in Irish literature. Surveying the bleak themes in thirty works by modern writers, Declan Kiberd finds audacious experimentation that embodies the defiance and resourcefulness of Ireland’s founding spirit—and a strange kind of hope for a more open nation.
