Description
This book attests to the unique development of modernism in Ireland - driven by political as well as artistic concerns.
About the Author
Gregory Castle is a professor of English at Arizona State University and the author of Modernism and the Celtic Revival (Cambridge, 2001), Reading the Modernist Bildungsroman (2006) and The Literary Theory Handbook (2013). He has also published essays on the Bildungsroman and Irish writers such as W. B. Yeats, John M. Synge, James Joyce, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, George Moore, and Emily Lawless. His edited volumes include the Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory (2010), A History of the Modernist Novel (Cambridge, 2015) and, with Patrick Bixby, Standish O'Grady's Cuculain: A Critical Edition (2016). Patrick Bixby is Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University and author of Samuel Beckett and the Postcolonial Novel (Cambridge, 2009), as well as co-editor, with Gregory Castle, of Standish O'Grady's Cuculain: A Critical Edition (2016). His essays have appeared in journals including Modernism/Modernity, Modernist Cultures, Irish Studies Review, and the Journal of Beckett Studies, in addition to collections such as A History of the Modernist Novel, Beckett in Context, Beckett and Ireland, and A New and Complex Sensation.
Reviews
'... the editors write that they intend the volume 'to re-examine the dominant narrative of Irish modernism, to feature lesser-known figures and works, and to take into account social and political spheres ... in a variety of ways from a variety of perspectives' - a goal they achieve ... The collection demonstrates that Irish modernism is distinctly different from and much broader than traditional high modernism ... Recommended' C. E. Epple, Choice
'... provides a helpful template with which to address the various artists and movements covered in the rest of the book ... the book achieves its goal through the course of its twenty three chapters and should be regarded as a serious collection.' Feargal Whelan, Estudios Irlandeses
Book Information
ISBN 9781107176720
Author Gregory Castle
Format Hardback
Page Count 442
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 760g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm * 28mm