LEADER 03407nam 22005052 450 001 996216545403316 005 20151109030845.0 010 $a1-139-81762-0 010 $a1-139-00121-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000820123 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000371824 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11264064 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000371824 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10412081 035 $a(PQKB)10090886 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139001212 035 $a(UK-CbPIL)2050347 035 $a(PPN)167382063 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000820123 100 $a20110114d2006|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Cambridge companion to the Irish novel /$fedited by John Wilson Foster$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 286 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge companions to literature 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). 311 $a0-521-67996-6 311 $a0-521-86191-8 327 $aIntroduction / John Wilson Foster -- The novel before 1800 / Aileen Douglas -- The national tale and allied genres, 1770s-1840s / Miranda Burgess -- The novel of the big house / Vera Kreilkamp -- The gothic novel / Siobha?n Kilfeather -- Catholics and fiction during the Union, 1801-1922 / James H. Murphy -- Irish modernisms, 1880-1930 / Adrian Frazier -- James Joyce / Bruce Stewart -- Region, realism and reaction, 1922-1972 / Norman Vance -- The novel in Irish / Alan Titley -- Women novelists, 1930s-1960s / Ann Owens Weekes -- Two post-modern novelists : Samuel Beckett and Flann O'Brien / Terence Brown -- Life writing in the twentieth century / Elizabeth Grubgeld -- The novel and the northern troubles / Elmer Kennedy-Andrews -- Contemporary Irish fiction / Eve Patten. 330 $aThe Irish novel has had a distinguished history. It spans such diverse authors as James Joyce, George Moore, Maria Edgeworth, Bram Stoker, Flann O'Brien, Samuel Beckett, Lady Morgan, John Banville, and others. Yet it has until now received less critical attention than Irish poetry and drama. This volume covers three hundred years of Irish achievement in fiction, with essays on key genres, themes, and authors. It provides critiques of individual works, accounts of important novelists, and histories of sub-genres and allied narrative forms, establishing significant social and political contexts for dozens of novels. The varied perspectives and emphases by more than a dozen critics and literary historians ensure that the Irish novel receives due tribute for its colour, variety and linguistic verve. Each chapter features recommended further reading. This is the perfect overview for students of the Irish novel from the romances of the seventeenth century to the present day. 410 0$aCambridge companions to literature. 606 $aEnglish fiction$xIrish authors$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xIrish authors$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823/.91409 702 $aFoster$b John Wilson 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996216545403316 996 $aThe Cambridge companion to the Irish novel$92493796 997 $aUNISA