Irish Bildungsroman

Gregory Castle is professor emeritus of English at Arizona State University. He is the author of numerous publications, including Reading the Modernist Bildungsroman. Sarah L. Townsend is associate professor of English at the University of New Mexico.Matthew L. Reznicek is associate professor of medical humanities at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

"Ably edited and filled with fresh perspectives, The Irish Bildungsroman valuably complicates our understanding of a beloved and oft-studied genre. This exciting collection not only examines the complex history of such fictions of development, looking across centuries from the Act of Union to the present day, but also helps us to appreciate more fully the formidable conceptual provocations of the Irish bildungsroman." - Paige Reynolds, author of Modernism in Irish Women's Contemporary Writing"Attuned to both local and global narratives/theories, this rich and diverse collection expands our understanding of the genre and deepens our critical engagement with Irish literature." - Derek Hand, author of The History of the Irish Novel"What is most masterful about the way this collection has been set up is that the reader can trace, from the first essay to the last, the novels’ engagement with a group of central subjects and concerns, and the ways in which the Irish Bildungsroman over the span of two centuries reflects, develops, extends, and resists the classical model’s treatment of subject formation and social integration." - Rachael Sealy Lynch, author of Tuberculosis and Irish Fiction, 1800–2022: A Lingering Condition