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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811931103321

Autore

Flannery Eoin

Titolo

Ireland and postcolonial studies : theory, discourse, utopia / / Eoin Flannery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

ISBN

1-282-67360-2

9786612673603

0-230-25065-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

820.9358

Soggetti

English literature - Irish authors - History and criticism

English literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Postcolonialism in literature

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 (p. 246-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Ireland: 'A Supreme Postcolonial Instance'?; 1 Field Day and Irish Postcolonial Criticism; 2 Irish Postcolonial Criticism and the Utopian Impulse; 3 Postcolonial Metacriticism - The 'Second Wave'; 4 Ireland, Gender and Postcolonialism; 5 Fanon's One Big Idea: Revising Postcolonial Studies and Irish Studies; Conclusion: Postcolonial Studies and Contemporary Politics; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A pioneering study of the development of one of the key critical discourses in contemporary Irish studies, this book covers all the major figures, publications and debates within Irish postcolonial criticism, delivering a commentary on this diverse body of work as well as positioning Irish postcolonial criticism within the wider postcolonial field.