Irish literature in transition, 1880-1940

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Irish literature in transition, 1880-1940

edited by Marjorie Elizabeth Howes

(Irish literature in transition, 4)

Cambridge University Press, 2020

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The years between 1880 and 1940 were a time of unprecedented literary production and political upheaval in Ireland. It is the era of the 1916 Easter Rising, the Irish Revival, and a time when many major Irish writers - Yeats, Joyce, Beckett, Lady Gregory - profoundly impacted Irish and World Literature. Recent research has uncovered new archives of previously neglected texts and authors. Organized according to multiple categories, ranging from single author to genre and theme, this volume allows readers to imagine multiple ways of re-mapping this crucial period. The book incorporates different, even competing, approaches and interpretations to reflect emerging trends and current debates in contemporary scholarship. As ongoing research in the field of Irish studies discovers new materials and critical strategies for interpreting them, our sense of Irish literary history during this period is constantly shifting. This volume seeks to capture the richness and complexity of the years 1880-1940 for our current moment.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction Marjorie Howes
  • Part I. Revisionary Foundations: 2. The apotheosis of the vernacular: dialects and the Irish revival Brian O'Conchubhair
  • 3. Origins of modern Irish poetry, 1880-1922 Alex Davis
  • 4. Theatrical Ireland: new routes from the Abbey Theatre to the Gate Theatre Paige Reynolds
  • 5. Recovery and the ascendancy novel 1880-1932 Vera Kreilkamp
  • Part II. Revoutionary Forms: 6. Print culture landscapes 1880-1922 Niall Carson
  • 7. Revolutionary lives in the rearview mirror: memoir and autobiography Karen Steele
  • 8. The Hugh Lane controversy and the Irish revival Lucy McDiarmid
  • 9. New Irish women and new women's writing Tina O'Toole
  • Part III. Major Figures in Transition: 10. Aging Yeats: from fascism to disability Joseph Valente
  • 11. 'I myself delight in Miss Edgeworth's novels': gender, power, and the domestic in Lady Gregory's work Lauren Arrington
  • 12. Synge and disappearing Ireland Gregory Castle
  • 13. Drumcondra modernism: Joyce's suburban aesthetic Enda Duffy
  • 14. London Irish: Wilde, Shaw and Yeats Nicholas Grene
  • Part IV. Aftermaths and Outcomes: 15. Reimagining realism in post-independence Irish writing Mark Quigley
  • 16. The free state of poetry Lucy Collins
  • 17. Live wires and dead noise: revolutionary communications Emily C. Bloom
  • 18. The dead, the undead, and the half-alive: the transition from narrative plot to formal trope in late modern Irish writing Clair Wills
  • Part V. Frameworks in Transition: 19. Irish literary criticism during the revival Gerry Smyth
  • 20. Retrospective readings: the rise of global Irish studies Peter Kuch.

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