Ireland and Postcolonial Studies : theory, discourse, utopia.

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Title:

Ireland and Postcolonial Studies : theory, discourse, utopia.

Author:

Flannery, Eóin.

ISBN:

9780230224063

Personal Author:

Flannery, Eóin.

Publication Information:

London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Physical Description:

268 p.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction:'A Supreme Postcolonial Instance'?; Field Day and Irish Postcolonial Criticism; Irish Postcolonial Criticism and the Utopian Impulse; Postcolonial Metacriticism - The 'Second Wave'; Ireland, Gender and Postcolonialism; Fanon's One Big Idea: Revising Postcolonial Studies and Irish Studies; Conclusion: Postcolonial Studies and Contemporary Politics; Bibliography; Index. / Ireland.

Abstract:

Presenting a study of the development of one of the key critical discourses in contemporary Irish studies, this book covers 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.

Subject Term:

English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.

English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

Postcolonialism in literature.

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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.