Irish urban fictions / Maria Beville, Deirdre Flynn, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beville, Maria, editor.

Flynn, Deirdre, editor.

Series:

Literary urban studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English fiction.

English fiction--Irish authors.

Irish fiction--History and criticism--21st century.

Irish fiction.

Irish fiction--History and criticism--20th century.

Cities and towns in literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 245 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Summary:

This collection is the first to examine how the city is written in modern Irish fiction. Focusing on the multi-faceted, layered, and ever-changing topography of the city in Irish writing, it brings together studies of Irish and Northern Irish fictions which contribute to a more complete picture of modern Irish literature and Irish urban cultural identities. It offers a critical introduction to the Irish city as it represented in fiction as a plural space to mirror the plurality of contemporary Irish identities north and south of the border. The chapters combine to provide a platform for new research in the field of Irish urban literary studies, including analyses of the fiction of authors including James Joyce, Roddy Doyle, Kate O'Brien, Hugo Hamilton, Kevin Barry, and Rosemary Jenkinson. An exciting and diverse range of fictions is introduced and examined with the aim of generating a cohesive perspective on Irish urban fictions and to stimulate further discussion in this emerging area.

Contents:

Introduction : Irish urban fictions

Whose city is it anyway? The city as experience

Disturbing phantasies and the uncanny city

Cities of change : re-writing the city.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319983219

3319983210

OCLC:

1044860340