The rising of the moon : the language of power / Ella O'Dwyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Dwyer, Ella, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

Nationalism and literature--Ireland--History--20th century.

Nationalism and literature.

Politics and literature--Ireland--History--20th century.

Politics and literature.

Language and languages--Political aspects--Ireland.

Language and languages.

Nationalism--Ireland--Historiography.

Nationalism.

Power (Social sciences) in literature.

Power (Social sciences)--Ireland.

Power (Social sciences).

Political violence in literature.

Ireland--History--20th century--Historiography.

Ireland.

Ireland--Intellectual life--20th century.

Ireland--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ella O'Dwyer has put her life into the shaping of contemporary Ireland. Her book explores, with fascinating intelligence, the sea-change in Irish political thought.& quote; Ray Helmick, S.J., Professor of Conflict Resolution, Boston College'Ella O'Dwyer is a brilliant writer and scholar. Her bookThe Rising of the Moon is a new addition to the treasury of Irish literature; it will be read with relish.' Marianne McDonald, Professor of Classics and Theatre at the University of California, San Diego The Rising of the Moon puts the radical changes in current political dialogue in Ireland into the context of the whole of the 20th century. Exploring the dynamics of power and language, Ella O'Dwyer compares the literature of Beckett, Conrad and Chinua Achebe, amongst others, to accounts of real events in Ireland's political history. She also examines accounts of particular events in Irish history that include Rex Taylor's biography of Michael Collins, Gerry Adams's biography and even messages from hunger-striker Bobby Sands that were smuggled out of prison. In a country where people have been subjected to incarceration and victimization, and where the political discourse is characterised by slogans, repetition, agreement and treaty, the implications for the national language and identity are immense. Ella O'Dwyer shows how oppression has obstructed and fractured the nature of Irish national discourse--and that this fragmented voice is a feature of all postcolonial narrative.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

The Rising of the Moon

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

Reading Institutions

Power, Control and Identity

Obstructed Discourse

Releasing Response

Can We Go On?

2. Who Fears to Speak: Silence and Anonymity in the National Discourse

Past and Present

Empire-speak

Immediate and Terrible War

Cognitive Control

A Culture of Silence

Stepping Stones

Revolution and Reaction

Culture and Colonisation

Calling the Tune

3. When Slavery's Night is O'er: The Minefield of Meaning

Stalking Knowledge

The Booby Trap

The Big Idea

Partitionist Thought

Trojan Forces

Cogni-phobia

4. The Inquisition: A View of the Present State of Ireland

Seclusion

Virus in the System

Driven to Death

Power and the Absentee

5. The Split: Doing the Joined-up Writing

Doing the Joined-up Writing

Split

Acute Amnesia

Unholy Alliance

The State of the Nation

The Political Unconscious

6. The Threshold: Standing on the Threshold of Another Trembling World

Arrested Discourse

Stammered Delivery

Border and Last Frontier

Spell-binding Language

7. The Rising of the Moon

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-154) and index.

ISBN:

9786611725198

9781281725196

1281725196

9781849644983

1849644985

9781435661066

1435661060

OCLC:

71346913