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The Wiley Blackwell companion to contemporary British and Irish literature / edited by Richard Bradford, Madelena Gonzalez, Stephen Butler, James Ward, Kevin De Ornellas.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to literature and culture
- Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--History and criticism--21st century.
- English literature.
- English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (911 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Newark : Wiley-Blackwell, 2020.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Volume I
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors Notes of Vol. I
- Preface
- Part One
- Chapter 1 Before Now: An Essay on Pre-Contemporary Fiction and Poetry
- Chapter 2 British Literature Today: Twenty-First Century British Literature
- References
- Chapter 3 Introduction to Contemporary Irish Writing
- Chapter 4 Overview of Modern/Contemporary Drama
- Part Two
- Chapter 5 Aidan Higgins: Disguised Autobiographies
- Introduction: Higgins' counter-realist experimentalism
- Notes
- Chapter 6 Brian Friel
- Friel's Early Life and Artistic Growth
- Apprentice Works and Inspirations
- The Birth of Modern Irish Drama
- The 'Troubles', Field Day, and Friel's Wild(e) Side
- Internationalizing Irish Drama
- The Later Years
- Chapter 7 Alan Bennett
- Chapter 8 Edward Bond
- The Future
- Bibliography
- Note
- Chapter 9 Seamus Heaney
- Chapter 10 Michael Moorcock
- Chapter 11 Angela Carter
- Chapter 12 Christina Reid
- Plays
- Themes and Technique
- Conclusion
- Chapter 13 Bernard MacLaverty
- References
- Notes
- Chapter 13a Eavan Boland's Poetry: The Inoperative Community
- Introduction
- The Ethical Contemplation of Violence and Death
- A Lost Community No Longer Fusional: Erasures and Silences
- Conclusions
- Chapter 14 I Am, Therefore I Think: Being and Thinking Inside the World of John Banville's Fiction
- Long Lankin: 'Where's the Little Heir of This House?'
- The Artistic Process: When We Dead Awaken ... We Find That We Have Never Lived
- The Infinities and The Plight of Being Non-human
- Chapter 15 Julian Barnes
- Chapter 16 Where They Are: Language and Place in James Kelman's Fiction
- Language
- Place
- James Kelman: Published Novels and Short Story Collections
- Chapter 17 Howard Barker (and " the Art of Theatre ")
- Biographical Landmarks
- The Sociopolitical Premises of the Theatre of Catastrophe
- The Theatre of Catastrophe: The Necessity of Tragedy
- The Art of Theatre: Tragedy and Intimacy
- Chapter 18 Marina Lewycka
- Chapter 19 Dermot Healy
- Chapter 20 David Edgar
- Chapter 21 Ian McEwan
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- References-Notes-Chapter 22 Tom Paulin-Paulin's Literary and Critical Work-Paulin's Attitude Towards Politics-Understanding Northern Ireland through Other Cultures-Paulin's Interest in Russia-Paulin's Translation and Transformation of Poetry-References-Chapter 23 Graham Swift-References-Chapter 24 Martin Amis-Introduction-The Making of a Writer: The Biographical Background-Writing against the Father: The Early Fiction-London Fields: Postmodernism and the End of Jane Austen-Lionel Asbo: Atavism and the Yob Within-The Progress of Time
- The Zone of Interest
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bradford, Richard. Wiley Blackwell Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Literature.
- ISBN:
- 9781118902264
- 1118902262
- 9781119652649
- 1119652642
- Publisher Number:
- 99990533131
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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