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1 online resource |
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Manchester University Press |
| Contents |
<P>Preface: Deirdre Madden: a jagged symmetry -- Frank McGuinness<br>Introduction -- Anne Fogarty and Marisol Morales-Ladrón<br><br>Part I: Memory, trauma, and the Troubles<br>1 'Images ... at the absolute edge of memory': memory and temporality in <i>Hidden Symptoms</i>, <i>One by One in the Darkness</i>, and<i> Time Present and Time Past </i>- Stefanie Lehner<br>2 'The horror of little details': remembering the Troubles in <i>Hidden Symptoms</i> and <i>One by One in the Darkness </i>- Elisabeth Chase<br>3 Journeying through loss: transcendence and healing in Deirdre Madden's <i>Hidden Symptoms </i>- Catriona Clutterbuck<br>4 Class and multiplicity in <i>One by One in the Darkness </i>- Brian Cliff<br><br>Part II: Art and objects<br>5 Objects in Deirdre Madden's artist novels -- Sylvie Mikowski<br>6 Ageing and identity in Deirdre Madden's <i>Authenticity </i>- Heather Ingman<br>7 Sensing one's way forward: psychological aspects of creativity in Deirdre Madden's <i>Authenticity </i>- Hedwig Schwall<br>8 'What can we do, what does art do?': ethics and aesthetics in Deirdre Madden's <i>Hidden Symptoms</i>, <i>One by One in the Darkness</i> and <i>Molly Fox's Birthday </i>- Teresa Casal<br>9 Looking at animals and objects in Deirdre Madden's children's books and some adult fiction -- Julie Anne Stevens<br><br>Part III: Home and place<br>10 <i>Nothing is Black</i>: the early Celtic Tiger and Europe -- Jerry White<br>11 Imaginaries of home in Deirdre Madden's fiction -- Elke D'hoker<br>12 The architectural uncanny: family secrets and the Gothic in <i>The Birds of the Innocent Wood </i>and<i> Remembering Light and Stone </i>- Anne Fogarty<br>13 Living lives: Deirdre Madden's <i>Authenticity</i>, <i>Molly Fox's Birthday</i>, <i>Time Present and Time Past</i> and the Irish Celtic Tiger novel -- Derek Hand<br>14 In conversation with Deirdre Madden -- Marisol Morales-Ladrón<br><br>Index</p> |
| Summary |
"The Irish writer, Deirdre Madden, has written key novels about the Northern Irish Troubles and about contemporary Ireland. In these works, she weighs up the aftermath of violence and the impact of the shift to a more open but materialist society in the country overall. Memory, trauma, and the abiding but elusive links between the past and the present are central concerns of her fiction. This pioneering set of essays by leading experts in Irish Studies explores the many dimensions of her novels from a wide variety of perspectives. Madden's skill at interweaving novels of ideas with artist novels that draw out the complex inner predicaments of her characters is highlighted. States of dislocation are concentrated on in her texts, but also the quest for a home in the world and a lasting set of values that allows for personal integrity and authenticity. These multifaceted explorations bear out the compelling and enduring aspects of Madden's highly regarded novels."-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
English Literature |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 21, 2022) |
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Madden, Deirdre, 1960- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post C 1945)
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Literary Essays.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Fogarty, Anne, 1958- editor
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Morales, Marisol, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781526118943 |
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1526118947 |
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9781526118936 |
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1526118939 |
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