Publication

2008 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

127,500 words, Guess

Page Count

510 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more

Classifications

  • DDC823.912099415
  • LCCPR8803 .F67 2008
  • LCCPR8803

Description

"Studies of Irish fiction are still scanty in contrast to studies of Irish poetry and drama. Attempting to fill a large critical vacancy, Irish Novels 1890-1940 is a comprehensive survey of popular and minor fiction (mainly novels) published between 1890 and 1922, a critical period in Irish cultural and political history. Since these sixty-odd writers have rarely, if ever, been discussed (Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker are the chief exceptions), the book opens up for further exploration a literary landscape, hitherto neglected, perhaps even unsuspected. This new landscape should alter the familiar perspectives on Irish literature of the period, first of all by adding genre fiction (science fiction, detective novels, ghost stories, New Woman fiction, and Great War novels) to the Irish syllabus, secondly by demonstrating the immense contribution of women writers to popular and mainstream Irish fiction."--Jacket.

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Other Editions

  • Irish novels, 1890-1940: new bearings in culture and fictionOxford University Press2008-01-01

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