Technology in Irish literature and culture / edited by Margaret Kelleher, James O'Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kelleher, Margaret, editor.

O'Sullivan, James Christopher, editor.

Series:

Cambridge themes in Irish literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and technology--Ireland.

Literature and technology.

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

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 335 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Technology in Irish Literature and Culture shows how such significant technologies-typewriters, gramophones, print, radio, television, computers-have influenced Irish literary practices and cultural production, while also examining how technology has been embraced as a theme in Irish writing. Once a largely rural and agrarian society, contemporary Ireland has embraced the communicative, performative and consumption habits of a culture utterly reliant on the digital. This text plumbs the origins of the present moment, examining the longer history of literature's interactions with the technological and exploring how the transformative capacity of modern technology has been mediated throughout a diverse national canon. Comprising essays from some of the major figures of Irish literary and cultural studies, this volume offers a wide-ranging, comprehensive account of how Irish literature and culture have interacted with technology.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jan 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009182881 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.