The revival in Irish literature and culture / edited by Gregory Castle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Castle, Gregory, editor.

Series:

Cambridge themes in Irish literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

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

Irish literature--History and criticism.

Irish literature.

Nationalism in literature.

Nationalism--Ireland--History.

Nationalism.

Ireland--Civilization.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Seeks to clarify the foundational ideals of the Irish Revival and to challenge misunderstandings about its aims and accomplishments by examining literary and cultural texts and analyzing the social and political impact of revivalism up to the present day"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Irish revival : a great awakening or a recurrent radical reinvention? / Brian Ó Conchubhair

Revival cheerlessness : the cultural nationalism of Douglas Hyde and D.P. Moran / Helen O'Connell

Counter-revivalism : reimagining the literature of renewal / Andrew Kalaidjian

From deanglicization to Riverdance : revivals in music and dance / Sean Williams

Erin fettered; Erin free? Revival feminism / Catherine Morris

Politics of the land : Ireland's natures and the critique of revival / Maureen O'Connor

"The great scar" : reflexive realism in Irish Civil War fiction, film and drama / Luke Gibbons

The healer and the witch : performative transitions in the theatre of Friel and Carr / Ben Levitas

"A living testament to the struggle for a better future" : commemoration as revivalist practice / Heather Laird

Revival in the West : Emily Lawless's and J. M. Synge's islands of authenticity / Giulia Bruna

Synge, modernity and the myth of revival / Christopher Morash

"In search of a nation and a language" : revivalist inclinations in the poetry of Eavan Boland / Pilar Villar-Argáiz

Big house revivals / Heather Ingman

W. B. Yeats, Alice Milligan and revivalist heroism / Gregory Castle

"He who tramples on the past does not create for the future" : antiquarianism, revivalism, and the idea of museums / Elizabeth Crooke

Encountering the post-revival poet : Eavan Boland, Padraic Fallon, and Sheila Wingfield / Rosie Lavan

The uncertainty of coming times in contemporary Irish fiction / Eoin Flannery.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Revival in Irish literature and culture

ISBN:

9781009314411

1009314416

9781009314404

1009314408

OCLC:

1511972070

Publisher Number:

CIPO000285789

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license