Medbh McGuckian [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faragó, Borbála.

Faragâo, Borbâala, Author.

Series:

Contemporary Irish Writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McGuckian, Medbh, 1950- -- Criticism and interpretation.

Local Subjects:

McGuckian, Medbh, 1950- -- Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Bucknell University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a wide-ranging analysis of the entire corpus of Medbh McGuckian's published work. It provides both a readable synthesis of existing criticism, in a fashion which will be generally useful to academics and students, and also offers an original contribution to the field of contemporary Irish literary studies on the basis of new research.

Contents:

C O N T E N T S; A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S; A B B R E V I A T I O N S; I N T R O D U C T I O N; Chapter 1. Literary Performance in Medbh McGuckian's Early Volumes: The Flower Master, Venus and the Rain, On Ballycastle Beach, and Marconi's Cottage; Chapter 2. The Politicized Aesthetic in Captain Lavender, Shelmalier, and Drawing Ballerinas; Chapter 3. Death and Spirituality in The Face of the Earth, Had I a Thousand Lives, and The Book of the Angel; Chapter 4. Inward Journeys: The Currach Requires No Harbours, My Love Has Fared Inland, and The High Caul Cap

Chapter 5. Thematic Readings of Medbh McGuckian's WorkA F T E R W O R D : H O W T O E N D I T A L L; A W A R D S; B I B L I O G R A P H Y; I N D E X; A B O U T T H E A U T H O R

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.