Title: Literature, rhetoric, and violence in Northern Ireland, 1968-98 : hardened to death /
Authors: Grant, Patrick, 1941-
Publisher: Palgrave,
Year: 2001
Subjects: English literature Irish authors History and criticism; Politics and literature Northern Ireland History; Literature and society Northern Ireland History; English language Northern Ireland Rhetoric.; Political violence in literature.; Social conflict in literature.; Violence in literature.; Authors, Irish Homes and haunts Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland Intellectual life.; Northern Ireland In literature.
Abstract: "During the Northern Irish Troubles of the past thirty years, a war of words has accompanied and interpenetrated with the actual conduct of violence in highly complex ways. This book considers how literature of the period engages with the participates in this war of words." "The book places the Northern Ireland conflict within a broad European debate about the legitimate use of force, deriving from a dialogue between ancient ideals of Roman civic virtue (exemplified by Vergil's Aeneid) and Christian teachings about the kingdom (as depicted in the gospels)."--Jacket.