Heroic Revivals from Carlyle to Yeats [electronic resource] /
Higgins, Geraldine.author.
This book reassesses the cultural and political dimensions of the Irish Revival's heroic ideal and explores its implications for the construction of Irish modernity. By foregrounding the heroic ideal, it shows how the cultural landscape carved out by these writers is far from homogenous.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Reviving the Irish Hero; 2 George Russell (AE): The Memory of Race; 3 J. M. Synge: Out of History into Legend; 4 W. B. Yeats and Ireland's Hero History; Coda: Was It for This?; List of Abbreviations Used in the Citations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book reassesses the cultural and political dimensions of the Irish Revival's heroic ideal and explores its implications for the construction of Irish modernity. By foregrounding the heroic ideal, it shows how the cultural landscape carved out by these writers is far from homogenous.
British literature.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Poetry.
Fiction.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
British and Irish Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Poetry and Poetics.
Fiction.
Twentieth-Century Literature.