Irish Writing London: Volume 1

Revival to the Second World War

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Av Tom Herron, UK) Herron, Tom (Leeds Metropolitan University

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The presence of Irish writers is almost invisible in literary studies of London. Irish Writing London redresses the critical deficit. A range of experts on particular Irish writers reflect on the diverse experiences and impact this immigrant group has had on the city. Such sustained attention to a location and concern of Irish writing, long passed over, opens up new terrain to not only reveal but create a history of Irish-London writing. Alongside discussions of Wilde, Shaw, Joyce and Yeats, the writing of the political nationalist Katharine Tynan and work of Irish-Language writer Ó Conaire is considered. Written by an international array of scholars, these new essays on key figures challenge the deep-seated stereotype of what constitutes the proper domain of Irish writing, producing a study that is both culturally and critically alert and a dynamic contribution to literary criticism of the city.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-12-06
Mått156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt425 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBloomsbury Studies in the City
Antal sidor184
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781441168054

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Introduction: London - The Other Capital, Tom Herron \ Notes on Contributors \ Timeline \ 1. Oscar Wilde's Other London, Deaglán Ó Donghaile \ 2. W.B. Yeats and the Ghost Club, Tara Stubbs \ 3. ‘On the pavements grey’: the Suburban Paradises of W. B.Yeats and William Morris, Adrian Paterson \ 4. Shaw the Londoner: plays, politics, polemics, Michelle Paull \ 5. ‘A world of difference: London and Ireland in the works of Kathleen Tynan, Whitney Standlee \ 6. Pádraic Ó Conaire’s London: A Real or Imaginary Place?, Pádraigin Riggs \ 7. James Joyce’s Londub, Eleni Loukopoulou \ 8. Architectural London: Elizabeth Bowen in Regent's Park, Allan Hepburn \ 9. 'To be Tired of this is to Tire of Life': Louis MacNeice's London, Simon Workman \ Bibliography \ Index

Irish Writing London is, in both of its impressive, high-powered volumes, a tour de force of critical and analytical insight and originality . . . . The reader comes away seeing London from the inside but with different lenses, and so becomes aware of a wholly different vision and understanding of the cityscape. Together, the two volumes of Irish Writing London present an unimpeachable case for being considered the nonpareil of critical intervention on the modern metropolis.