Ireland at war and peace / edited by Alison O'Malley-Younger and John Strachan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Malley-Younger, Alison.

Strachan, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Irish literature.

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

Ireland--Civilization--20th century.

Ireland.

Ireland--Civilization--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays in this collection examine Ireland at war and peace from the Revival period to the present day, examining key aspects of Irish literature and history - culturally rich but politically turbulent - from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. Ireland at War and Peace examines important social, political and aesthetic contexts which have shaped modern Irish society and culture, from the First World War and the Easter Rising of 1916 through to the Troubles and be...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; MESSIANISM OR MESSIANICITY?; PEACEFUL PEARSE? WAGING WARS IN THE IRISH NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THROUGH VICTORIAN IRISH ADVERTISING, EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND LITERATURE; PUFFING PATRIOTISM OR PROMOTING PROFITEERING; IRELAND AT WAR IN PEACE; THE BLANDING AND BLANDISHMENTS OF YEATS'S HEROIC IDEAL IN 'EASTER 1916'; READING THE RIOT ACT; 'WITHIN REASON'; THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER; 'A DEMOBBED NEIGHBOUR LEANED AGAINST OUR JAMB'; EQUUS AND ELOQUENCE; AN UNCANNY HOME; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-14203-1

1-4438-2745-2

9786613142030

OCLC:

823720617