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The Wiley Blackwell companion to contemporary British and Irish literature
Title
The Wiley Blackwell companion to contemporary British and Irish literature / edited by Richard Bradford, Madelena Gonzalez, Stephen Butler, James Ward, Kevin De Ornellas.
ISBN
9781118902264
1118902262
9781119652649
1119652642
Published
Newark : Wiley-Blackwell, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (911 pages)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Wiley online library.
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Print version: Bradford, Richard. Wiley Blackwell Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Literature. Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, ©2020
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 31, 2022
Series
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Bibliography
References-Notes-Chapter 22 Tom Paulin-Paulin's Literary and Critical Work-Paulin's Attitude Towards Politics-Understanding Northern Ireland through Other Cultures-Paulin's Interest in Russia-Paulin's Translation and Transformation of Poetry-References-Chapter 23 Graham Swift-References-Chapter 24 Martin Amis-Introduction-The Making of a Writer: The Biographical Background-Writing against the Father: The Early Fiction-London Fields: Postmodernism and the End of Jane Austen-Lionel Asbo: Atavism and the Yob Within-The Progress of Time
Contents
Cover
Volume I
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Contributors Notes of Vol. I
Preface
Part One
Chapter 1 Before Now: An Essay on Pre-Contemporary Fiction and Poetry
Chapter 2 British Literature Today: Twenty-First Century British Literature
References
Chapter 3 Introduction to Contemporary Irish Writing
References
Chapter 4 Overview of Modern/Contemporary Drama
Part Two
Chapter 5 Aidan Higgins: Disguised Autobiographies
Introduction: Higgins' counter-realist experimentalism
References
Notes
Chapter 6 Brian Friel
Friel's Early Life and Artistic Growth
Apprentice Works and Inspirations
The Birth of Modern Irish Drama
The 'Troubles', Field Day, and Friel's Wild(e) Side
Internationalizing Irish Drama
The Later Years
References
Chapter 7 Alan Bennett
References
Chapter 8 Edward Bond
The Future
Bibliography
Note
Chapter 9 Seamus Heaney
References
Chapter 10 Michael Moorcock
Notes
Chapter 11 Angela Carter
References
Chapter 12 Christina Reid
Plays
Themes and Technique
Conclusion
References
Note
Chapter 13 Bernard MacLaverty
References
Notes
Chapter 13a Eavan Boland's Poetry: The Inoperative Community
Introduction
The Ethical Contemplation of Violence and Death
A Lost Community No Longer Fusional: Erasures and Silences
Conclusions
References
Chapter 14 I Am, Therefore I Think: Being and Thinking Inside the World of John Banville's Fiction
Introduction
Long Lankin: 'Where's the Little Heir of This House?'
The Artistic Process: When We Dead Awaken ... We Find That We Have Never Lived
The Infinities and The Plight of Being Non-human
Chapter 15 Julian Barnes
References
Chapter 16 Where They Are: Language and Place in James Kelman's Fiction
Language
Place
Conclusion
James Kelman: Published Novels and Short Story Collections
Bibliography
Chapter 17 Howard Barker (and " the Art of Theatre ")
Biographical Landmarks
The Sociopolitical Premises of the Theatre of Catastrophe
The Theatre of Catastrophe: The Necessity of Tragedy
The Art of Theatre: Tragedy and Intimacy
References
Chapter 18 Marina Lewycka
References
Chapter 19 Dermot Healy
References
Chapter 20 David Edgar
References
Chapter 21 Ian McEwan
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