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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458730003321

Autore

Pine Richard

Titolo

Disappointed bridge : Ireland and the post-colonial world / / by Richard Pine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6098-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (628 p.)

Disciplina

327.41704

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Ireland Foreign relations

Ireland Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART TWO; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; PART THREE; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; AFTERWORD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This original study is the first major critical appraisal of Ireland's post-colonial experience in relation to that of other emergent nations. The parallels between Ireland, India, Latin America, Africa and Europe establish bridges in literary and musical contexts which offer a unique insight into independence and freedom, and the ways in which they are articulated by emergent nations. They explore the master-servant relationship, the functions of narrative, and the concepts of nationalism, m...