Description |
1 online resource (xii, 244 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Series |
New directions in Irish and Irish American literature |
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New directions in Irish and Irish American literature.
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Contents |
Traditional Literary Aesthetics and Writing Faoi Ghlas * Women Writing in Armagh and Maghaberry * The Cages: Gerry Adams and the Re-visioning of Republicanism * The H Blocks and Bobby Sands * Post 1981 Developments: Felimo, Scairt Amach, An Glor Gafa * Images to Contest: Visual and Cinematic Depictions of Republican POWs |
Summary |
The first book devoted entirely to a critical examination of contemporary Irish prison literature, Contemporary Irish Republican Prison Writing explicates extant and previously unpublished texts by world-famous figures like Gerry Adams and Bobby Sands as well as the works of lesser-known and anonymous authors, paying special attention to women's writing. This book analyzes Republican resistance within Northern Irish prisons as it traces the textual history of these writings, demonstrating the ways in which POWs appropriate prison space through discursive strategies. As it explores the aesthetic alterity of prison writing Contemporary Irish Republican Prison Writing critiques traditional assumptions about literature, simultaneously shedding light on the continuing conservatism of canonical boundaries |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Political prisoners' writings, Irish.
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Republicanism -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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Political prisoners -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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Literary studies: from c 1900 -.
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Literary essays.
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Political oppression & persecution.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature.
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Political prisoners
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Political prisoners' writings, Irish
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Republicanism
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Northern Ireland
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780230610064 |
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0230610064 |
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1349538876 |
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9781349538874 |
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