Contemporary Irish Writing and Environmentalism : The Wearing of the Deep Green / by Donna L. Potts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potts, Donna L., Author.

Series:

New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature, 2731-3190

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European literature.

Literature, Modern--20th century.

Literature, Modern.

Literature, Modern--21st century.

European Literature.

Contemporary Literature.

Local Subjects:

European Literature.

Contemporary Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Summary:

This book examines how the Irish environmental movement, which began gaining momentum in the 1970s, has influenced and been addressed by contemporary Irish writers, artists, and musicians. It examines Irish environmental writing, music, and art within their cultural contexts, considers how postcolonial ecocriticism might usefully be applied to Ireland, and analyzes the rhetoric of Irish environmental protests. It places the Irish environmental movement within the broader contexts of Irish national and postcolonial discourses, focusing on the following protests: the M3 Motorway, the Burren campaign, the Carnsore Point anti-nuclear protest, Shell to Sea, the turf debate, and the animal rights movement.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Roads to Nowhere: Irish Roads Protests

2. Music in Stone: Ecomusicology and the Burren

3. Bogspeak: Biosemiotics and Bogland

4. "Farewell to Every White Cascade": Ecological Protests over Natural Resources

5. Glór Na hAoise: Songs of Solidarity in the Shell to Sea Campaign

6. Creature Care: Irish Animals and the Ethic of Care.

ISBN:

9783319958972

3319958976