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Product Identifiers
PublisherAarhus University Press
ISBN-108779340105
ISBN-139788779340107
eBay Product ID (ePID)48659443
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRe-Mapping Exile : Realities and Metaphors in Irish Literature and History
SubjectEurope / Ireland, Subjects & Themes / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History
AuthorBritta Olinder
SeriesThe Dolphin Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length5.9 in
Item Width8.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2007-435249
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number34
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal820.99415
SynopsisThe essays in this collection combine historical, cultural, and literary analyses in their treatment of aspects of exile in Irish writing. Some are 'structuralist' in seeing exile as a physical state of being, often associated with absence, into which an individual willingly or unwillingly enters. Others are 'poststructuralist', considering the narration of exile as a celebration of transgressiveness, hybridity, and otherness. This type of exile moves away from a political, cultural, economic idea of exile to an understanding of exile in a wider existential sense. The volume presents readings of Irish literature, history and culture that reflect some of the historical, sociological, psychological and philosophical dimensions of exile in the 1800s and 1900s. The theme of exile is discussed in a wide range of texts including literature, political writings and song-writing, either in works of Irish writers not normally associated with exile, or in which new aspects of 'exile' can be discerned. The essays cover, among others: Butler, D'Arcy McGee, Mulholland, Joyce, Hewitt, Van Morrison, Ni Chuilleanain, Doyle, and Banville., A collection of essays by Scandinavian scholars, who discuss and demonstrate new--and at times controversial--approaches to exilic experiences, metaphors and perceptions in modern Irish culture and literature. Writers dealt with are, among others, Roddy Doyle, John Banville, Hubert Butler, Rosa Mulholland, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Anne Sadlier, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, and James Joyce.
LC Classification NumberPR8753.R4 2005
