Title Laying out the bones : death and dying in the modern Irish novel / Bridget English

Edition First edition Published Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: Traversing the dismal fields: death and dying in modern Ireland -- Death and narrative regeneration: James Joyce's Ulysses -- The eve of all souls and the death of desire: Kate O'Brien's The ante-room -- Deathbed confessions and unraveling narration: Samuel Beckett's Malone dies -- Ritual and denial in a world stripped of illusion: John McGahern's The barracks -- Death without resurrection and the modern wake: Anne Enright's The gathering -- Conclusion: As you were before you rested: Death and the afterlife of the Irish wake Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject English fiction -- Irish authors -- History and criticism Death in literature. Death -- Ireland LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Death Death in literature English fiction -- Irish authors Ireland Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2017043151 ISBN 9780815654148 0815654146

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