Title: Literature, rhetoric, and violence in Northern Ireland, 1968-98
First published: 2001
Description: "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)."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History, Rhetoric, English literature, Politics and literature, Literature and society, Violence in literature, Intellectual life, History and criticism, Authors, Irish, English language, Homes and haunts, Irish authors, Social conflict in literature, In literature, Political violence in literature, English literature, history and criticism, English literature, irish authors, English language, ireland, Ireland, in literature
Places: Northern Ireland
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PR8891.N67 G735 2001