Authority and wisdom in the new Ireland : studies in literature and culture / Carmen Zamorano Llena and Billy Gray (eds).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zamorano Llena, Carmen, editor.

Series:

Reimagining Ireland ; v. 73.

Reimagining Ireland

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

Ireland--Civilization--21st century.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

vii, 267 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bern : Peter Lang AG, [2016]

Summary:

Since the end of the nineteenth century, Ireland has witnessed a profound reconfiguration of its cultural, political, constitutional and religious identities, resulting in an unparalleled questioning of the dominant discourses and narratives that have seemingly defined the nation. The essays in this collection examine the ways in which established Irish socio-cultural structures of authority and their constructs of collective identity have been challenged within literary and cultural discourses of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Every challenge to the purported wisdom of these authority structures adds a new facet to the complexity of Irish national identity and contributes to the continuous evolution of the 'New Ireland', a phrase often used to signify the momentous transformations of the country in times of change. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Versions of Authority and Wisdom in the New Ireland / Carmen Zamorano Llena Llena, Carmen Zamorano, Billy Gray Gray, Billy 1

Part I Past and Present Wisdom for the Future 13

Fault-Lines of Allegiance in Contemporary Ireland: What Should the Irish Love and Fear to Act More Wisely in the Twenty-First Century? / Ciarán Benson Benson, Ciarán 15

Irish Cultural Connections in Poetry, Fiction and on the Street: The Writing of Jean O'Brien, Maurice Scully, Emer Martin and Other Irish Writers / Mary O'Donnell O'Donnell, Mary 41

Authority and Wisdom: The Case of Lady Constance Malleson / John Wilson Foster Foster, John Wilson 57

'Images of Ireland that matter now': Colm Tóibin in Conversation / Carly McLaughlin McLaughlin, Carly 73

Part II Updating the Authority of Tradition 81

Sean-nós, sean-nua... sean-nós nua? Constructions of Authority, Tradition and Innovation in Popular Irish Music / Bent Sørensen Sørensen, Bent 83

Challenging Catholic Church Authority on the Abortion Issue since the 1980s / Edwige Nault Nault, Edwige 99

The Location of the New Ireland: Redefinitions of Memory and Belonging in Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture / Carmen Zamorano Llena Llena, Carmen Zamorano 119

Part III Charismatic Authority in Poetry 137

The Charismatic Authority of Paul Durcan / Benjamin Keatinge Keatinge, Benjamin 139

'Wise foolishness of saints': The Evolution of Christian Ethical Radicalism in Patrick Pearse's Writings / Macjej Ruczaj Ruczaj, Macjej 159

Belonging from Afar: Some Images of the North in the Poetry of Michael Hartnett / John Braidwood Braidwood, John 179

Part IV Political Wisdom and the Arts 201

Protestants Playing Pagans? Irish Nationalism and the Rejection of Pan - Celticism / Caoimhín De Barra Barra, Caoimhín De 203

The Shadow of a Gunman: Seán Lemass and National Artistic Expression / Bryce Evans Evans, Bryce 223

A New Lens on Tending the Irish Sectarian Wound: Vincent Woods's At the Black Pig's Dyke / Katarzyna Ojrzynska Ojrzynska, Katarzyna 241.

ISBN:

9783034318334

3034318332

OCLC:

934198936

Publisher Number:

99967708412