Ireland and Scotland : literature and culture, state and nation, 1966-2000 / Ray Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Ray, 1965- author.

Series:

Oxford English monographs.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford English monographs

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Irish literature.

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

Scottish literature.

Nationalism in literature.

Ireland--Civilization--20th century.

Ireland.

Scotland--Civilization--20th century.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through comparison with Scotland, Ryan argues that critical themes in Irish culture emerge with new clarity - themes such as Republicanism & colonialism, the city & rural divide, & the partition of Ireland into separate southern and northern states.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: The Republic of Ireland and Scotland:

What Difference Does it Make?

PART I: SCOTLAND: REGION AND NATION,

REPUBLICANISM AND COLONIALISM

I. The Contours of Republicanism: William McIlvanney

and the Geography of Difference 37

z. Being in Between: lain Crichton Smith and Scottish

Colonial History 91

PART II: IRELAND: REGION, STATE, AND NATION

3. The Republic and Ireland: Dermot Bolger, 'Bolgerism',

and Dublin 141

4. Between the Falls Road and Kildare Street: Thomas

McCarthy and the Location of Memory 199

5. Colm T6ibin, Partition, and the Ends of History z50

Conclusion: Travelling in Space z89.

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-00990-2

1-280-44497-5

0-19-154199-0

1-4237-6733-0

OCLC:

1027145606