The Wiley Blackwell companion to contemporary British and Irish literature. (2020)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The Wiley Blackwell companion to contemporary British and Irish literature. (2020)
- Main Title:
- The Wiley Blackwell companion to contemporary British and Irish literature
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Richard Bradford, Madelena Gonzalez, Stephen Butler, James Ward, Kevin De Ornellas.
- Other Names:
- Bradford, Richard, 1957-
Gonzalez, Madelena
Butler, Stephen
Ward, James
De Ornellas, Kevin - Contents:
- Cover -- Volume I -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors Notes of Vol. I -- Preface -- Part One -- Chapter 1 Before Now: An Essay on Pre-Contemporary Fiction and Poetry -- Chapter 2 British Literature Today: Twenty-First Century British Literature -- References -- Chapter 3 Introduction to Contemporary Irish Writing -- References -- Chapter 4 Overview of Modern/Contemporary Drama -- Part Two -- Chapter 5 Aidan Higgins: Disguised Autobiographies -- Introduction: Higgins' counter-realist experimentalism -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Brian Friel Friel's Early Life and Artistic Growth -- Apprentice Works and Inspirations -- The Birth of Modern Irish Drama -- The 'Troubles', Field Day, and Friel's Wild(e) Side -- Internationalizing Irish Drama -- The Later Years -- References -- Chapter 7 Alan Bennett -- References -- Chapter 8 Edward Bond -- The Future -- Bibliography -- Note -- Chapter 9 Seamus Heaney -- References -- Chapter 10 Michael Moorcock -- Notes -- Chapter 11 Angela Carter -- References -- Chapter 12 Christina Reid -- Plays -- Themes and Technique -- Conclusion -- References -- Note -- Chapter 13 Bernard MacLaverty -- References Notes -- Chapter 13a Eavan Boland's Poetry: The Inoperative Community -- Introduction -- The Ethical Contemplation of Violence and Death -- A Lost Community No Longer Fusional: Erasures and Silences -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14 I Am, Therefore I Think: Being and Thinking Inside the World of JohnCover -- Volume I -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors Notes of Vol. I -- Preface -- Part One -- Chapter 1 Before Now: An Essay on Pre-Contemporary Fiction and Poetry -- Chapter 2 British Literature Today: Twenty-First Century British Literature -- References -- Chapter 3 Introduction to Contemporary Irish Writing -- References -- Chapter 4 Overview of Modern/Contemporary Drama -- Part Two -- Chapter 5 Aidan Higgins: Disguised Autobiographies -- Introduction: Higgins' counter-realist experimentalism -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Brian Friel Friel's Early Life and Artistic Growth -- Apprentice Works and Inspirations -- The Birth of Modern Irish Drama -- The 'Troubles', Field Day, and Friel's Wild(e) Side -- Internationalizing Irish Drama -- The Later Years -- References -- Chapter 7 Alan Bennett -- References -- Chapter 8 Edward Bond -- The Future -- Bibliography -- Note -- Chapter 9 Seamus Heaney -- References -- Chapter 10 Michael Moorcock -- Notes -- Chapter 11 Angela Carter -- References -- Chapter 12 Christina Reid -- Plays -- Themes and Technique -- Conclusion -- References -- Note -- Chapter 13 Bernard MacLaverty -- References Notes -- Chapter 13a Eavan Boland's Poetry: The Inoperative Community -- Introduction -- The Ethical Contemplation of Violence and Death -- A Lost Community No Longer Fusional: Erasures and Silences -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14 I Am, Therefore I Think: Being and Thinking Inside the World of John Banville's Fiction -- Introduction -- Long Lankin: 'Where's the Little Heir of This House?' -- The Artistic Process: When We Dead Awaken ... We Find That We Have Never Lived -- The Infinities and The Plight of Being Non-human -- Chapter 15 Julian Barnes -- References Chapter 16 Where They Are: Language and Place in James Kelman's Fiction -- Language -- Place -- Conclusion -- James Kelman: Published Novels and Short Story Collections -- Bibliography -- Chapter 17 Howard Barker (and " the Art of Theatre ") -- Biographical Landmarks -- The Sociopolitical Premises of the Theatre of Catastrophe -- The Theatre of Catastrophe: The Necessity of Tragedy -- The Art of Theatre: Tragedy and Intimacy -- References -- Chapter 18 Marina Lewycka -- References -- Chapter 19 Dermot Healy -- References -- Chapter 20 David Edgar -- References -- Chapter 21 Ian McEwan … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Newark : Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (911 pages)
- Subjects:
- 820.9/0092
English literature -- History and criticism -- 21st century
English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism -- 21st century
English literature
English literature -- Irish authors
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781118902264
1118902262
9781119652649
1119652642 - Notes:
- Note: References-Notes-Chapter 22 Tom Paulin-Paulin's Literary and Critical Work-Paulin's Attitude Towards Politics-Understanding Northern Ireland through Other Cultures-Paulin's Interest in Russia-Paulin's Translation and Transformation of Poetry-References-Chapter 23 Graham Swift-References-Chapter 24 Martin Amis-Introduction-The Making of a Writer: The Biographical Background-Writing against the Father: The Early Fiction-London Fields: Postmodernism and the End of Jane Austen-Lionel Asbo: Atavism and the Yob Within-The Progress of Time
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