04891cam a2200829 i 4500 ocn854906259 OCoLC 20171106092227.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 130731s2014 enk ob 001 0 eng 2013030940 9781118502235 (ePub) 111850223X (ePub) 9781118502358 (Adobe PDF) 1118502353 (Adobe PDF) 9781118502334 (electronic bk.) 1118502337 (electronic bk.) 1444336193 (hardback) 9781444336191 (hardback) 1444336207 (paper) 9781444336207 (paper) 9781444336191 (hardback) 9781444336207 (paper) AU@ 000051823717 NLGGC 371742803 NZ1 15495674 DEBBG BV043396125 (OCoLC)854906259 (OCoLC)908034762 (OCoLC)959857136 (OCoLC)961643724 (OCoLC)962637424 DLC eng rda pn DLC YDX N$T DG1 E7B YDXCP CDX RECBK OCLCF COO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ OCL DEBBG pcc e-ie--- e-uk-ni MAIN PR8803 LIT 004120 bisacsh 823/.914099415 23 LIT004120 bisacsh Harte, Liam. Reading the contemporary Irish novel, 1987-2007 / Liam Harte. [electronic resource] Chichester, West Sussex [U.K.] ; Hoboken [New Jersey] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Reading the novel Includes bibliographical references and index. In the Family Way: Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy (1987-91) -- House Arrest: John McGahern's Amongst Women (1990) -- Uncertain Terms, Unstable Sands: Colm Tóibín's The Heather Blazing (1992) -- Malignant Shame: Patrick McCabe's The Butcher Boy (1992) -- Unbearable Proximities: William Trevor's Felicia's Journey (1994) -- History's Hostages: Edna O'Brien's House of Splendid Isolation (1996) -- Selfhood Deferred: Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark (1996) -- The Politics of Pity: Sebastian Barry's A Long Long Way (2005) -- Mourning Remains Unknown: Anne Enright's The Gathering (2007). "Reading the Contemporary Irish Novel 1987-2007 is the authoritative guide to some of the most inventive and challenging fiction to emerge from Ireland in the last 25 years. Meticulously researched, it presents detailed interpretations of novels by some of Ireland's most eminent writers. This is the first text-focused critical survey of the Irish novel from 1987 to 2007, providing detailed readings of seminal Irish novels. A timely and much needed text in a largely uncharted critical field. Provides detailed interpretations of individual novels by some of the country's most critically celebrated writers, including Sebastian Barry, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Patrick McCabe, John McGahern, Edna O'Brien and Colm Tóibín. Investigates the ways in which Irish novels have sought to deal with and reflect a changing Ireland. The fruit of many years reading, teaching and research on the subject by a leading and highly respected academic in the field "-- Provided by publisher. Print version record and CIP data. 1900-2099 fast English fiction Irish authors History and criticism. English fiction 20th century History and criticism. English fiction 21st century History and criticism. Social change in literature. Social problems in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. bisacsh English fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst00910817 English fiction Irish authors. fast (OCoLC)fst00910841 Literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00999953 Social change in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01122335 Social problems in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01122806 Ireland In literature. Northern Ireland In literature. Ireland. fast (OCoLC)fst01205427 Northern Ireland. fast (OCoLC)fst01205215 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635 Print version: Harte, Liam. Reading the contemporary Irish novel, 1987-2007. Chichester, West Sussex, [U.K.] ; Hoboken, [New Jersey] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014 9781444336191 (DLC) 2013025426 Reading the novel. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118502334 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 206918 206918