Overview
- Inaugurates a new genre: post–Agreement Northern Irish literature
- Provides multidisciplinary coverage of political rhetoric and postcolonial theory as well as literature
- Examines a range of literary mediums – fiction, poetry and drama – to give a wide overview of the field
Part of the book series: New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature (NDIIAL)
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“Intellectually engaging and thoroughly well-researched, Post-Agreement Northern Irish Literature is an original intervention in a hotly contested field. Birte Heidemann focuses welcome critical attention on an emergent generation of Northern Irish writers who are responding to history and its legacies in provocative and challenging ways.” (Liam Harte, University of Manchester, UK)
“Post-Agreement Northern Irish Literature offers one of the comprehensive accounts of the field, drawing on a sophisticated version of postcolonial theory and an original use of the notion of liminality. The book’s theoretical investigation discusses, with poise, clarity and intelligence, literature produced in Northern Ireland since the end of the Troubles.” (Colin Graham, Senior Lecturer, Department of English, NUI Maynooth)
“This is an outstanding work of cultural and literary criticism. It astutely theorises the post-Agreement situation of Northern Ireland; and it reveals the intricate diagnostic powers of recent fiction, poetry and drama to challenge the status quo. A must-read for those interested in Northern Irish literatures and debates.” (Lars Eckstein, Professor of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, University of Potsdam)
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Book Title: Post-Agreement Northern Irish Literature
Book Subtitle: Lost in a Liminal Space?
Authors: Birte Heidemann
Series Title: New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28991-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28990-8Published: 01 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80468-2Published: 07 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28991-5Published: 23 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2731-3182
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3190
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 280
Topics: British and Irish Literature, Contemporary Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Fiction, Postcolonial/World Literature