Ireland's gramophones : material culture, memory, and trauma in Irish modernism / Zan Cammack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cammack, Zan, author.

Contributor:

J. Bertram Lippincott Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phonograph in literature.

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

English literature.

English literature--Irish authors.

Modernism (Literature)--Ireland.

Modernism (Literature).

Ireland.

Collective memory in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

xi, 234 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 x 16 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Clemson, SC : Clemson University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Ireland's Gramophones examines the perpetual presence of the gramophone in literature of Irish modernism: the same period in which gramophonic technology grew to cultural prominence. The book argues that the gramophone, as object and instrument, embodies accounts of a culture frequently traumatized through violence and disruption"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Gramophonic Trauma: Shattered Narratives and Undead Oralities

2. Gramophonic Gendering: Women, Phonographysteria, and the Political Machine

3. Gramophonic Violence: The Gramophones of the Irish Revolution

4. Gramophonic Strain: Residual Tension in Post-War Literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Bertram Lippincott Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Cammack, Zan. Ireland's gramophones

ISBN:

9781949979763

1949979768

OCLC:

1241732440

Publisher Number:

99988796825