Ireland and Postcolonial Studies [electronic resource] : Theory, Discourse, Utopia /
Flannery, Eóin.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-261) and index.
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.
Literature   .
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature—Philosophy.
Great Britain—History.
Intellectual life—History.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Literary Theory.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Intellectual Studies.
Twentieth-Century Literature.