Trauma and history in the Irish novel : the return of the dead / Robert F. Garratt

Author:: Garratt, Robert F.
Published:: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Physical Description:: ix, 170 pages ; 23 cm

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Contents:

"Undergoing history": J. G. Farrell's Troubles -- Cyclical history: Julia O'Faolain's No country for young men -- William Trevor and the voices of history -- Jennifer Johnston and traumatic memory -- Trauma and representation in John McGahern's Amongst women -- Return of the dead: Seamus Deane's Reading in the dark -- The contemporary Irish novel.

Subject(s):

English fiction—Irish authors—History and criticism
English fiction—20th century—History and criticism
Psychic trauma in literature
History in literature
Ireland—Intellectual life—20th century
Northern Ireland—Intellectual life
Northern Ireland—In literature
Ireland—In literature

ISBN:

9780230250307
0230250300

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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