Modern Irish literature and the primitive sublime / Maria McGarrity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGarrity, Maria, 1970- author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies in Irish literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

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

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

Primitivism in literature.

Sublime, The, in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 158 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Contents:

Introduction : modern Ireland and the primitive sublime

Performing the primitive sublime : the Celtic revival and Irish indigeneity

James Joyce and the primitive sublime : from A portrait of the artist as a young man to Ulysses and Finnegans wake

Mid-century malaise and desublimation in Samuel Beckett, Flann O'Brien, Kate O'Brien, and Edna O'Brien

The living dead : the late century resurgence of the primitive sublime in works by Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, and Brian Friel

Primitive sublime terror : writing New York after 9/11 in Joseph O'Neill, McCann, Colum and Colm Tóibín.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2024).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: McGarrity, Maria, 1970- Modern Irish literature and the primitive sublime

ISBN:

9781003297390

1003297390

9781003857587

1003857582

9781003857617

1003857612

Publisher Number:

40032241727

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.