Reading the contemporary Irish novel, 1987-2007 Harte, Liam. creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. enk 2014 monographic eng remote 1 online resource. "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 "-- 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). Liam Harte. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-ie--- e-uk-ni 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 English fiction English fiction Irish authors Literature Social change in literature Social problems in literature Ireland In literature Northern Ireland In literature Ireland Northern Ireland 1900-2099 fast PR8803 823/.914099415 LIT004120 Reading the contemporary Irish novel, 1987-2007 Harte, Liam. Chichester, West Sussex, [U.K.] ; Hoboken, [New Jersey] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014 (DLC) 2013025426 Reading the novel 9781118502235 111850223X 9781118502358 1118502353 9781118502334 1118502337 1444336193 9781444336191 1444336207 9781444336207 9781444336191 9781444336207 2013030940 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118502334 DLC 130731 20170124070455.5 ocn854906259 eng