| Description |
x, 350 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The harp without the crown -- Ch. 2. The hybrid character of modern Irish writing -- Ch. 3. The Great Famine and modern Irish culture -- Ch. 4. The impact of cultural nationalism -- Ch. 5. Yeats's reveries on the Easter Rising -- Ch. 6. Beyond a boundary : James Joyce and cricket -- Ch. 7. Ireland in the 1930s -- Ch. 8. Ireland in the 1980s -- Ch. 9. Conclusion |
| Summary |
"In this analysis of modern Irish writing, an acknowledged expert considers the hybrid character of Irish literature 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, 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, complicates and elucidates our view of 'the harp and the crown'."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [321]-337 |
| Subject |
Irish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Irish literature -- 20th century -- Social aspects.
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Literature and society -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
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Arts, Irish#y20th century
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- Civilization -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067974
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| LC no. |
2005932337 |
| ISBN |
0300109946 hardback |
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9780300109948 hardback |
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