Representing the troubles in Irish short fiction
By: Michael L. Storey.
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Short stories, English -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.; Nationalism and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Politics and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Literature and society -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Romanticism -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Ireland -- In literature.
Description: "Representing the Troubles in Irish Short Fiction offers an examination of Irish short stories written over the last eighty years that have treated the Troubles, Ireland's intractable conflict that arose out of its relationship to England. Read chronologically, the stories provide insightful perspectives on the Troubles, from the 1916 Easter rising to the recent sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Nearly every Irish short-story writer during this period has written on the subject, from Corkery, O'Connor, O'Faolain, and O'Flaherty to Lavin, Kiely, Trevor, MacLaverty, Devlin, Morrow, and McCann, among others. The book examines their stories and places them in their proper historical and political contexts. In doing so, it demonstrates how Irish writers have embraced a variety of literary modes and techniques in order to track the varied and changing attitudes of the Irish toward every aspect of the Troubles, including revolution, violence, sectarianism, terrorism, and identity-thinking."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.