A Short History of Irish Literature

By Seamus Deane

Book Overview

Seamus Deane, one of Ireland's most important critics, assesses here the place of literature in a colonial or neo-colonial culture like ours, where the naming of the territory has always been ... a politically charged act. The force of Deane's A Short History of Irish Literature derives precisely from his naming of the territory. With insight, erudition, and a razor-keen style, he locates Irish writers within the island's traumatic history. His aim is to show how literature has been inescapably allied with historical interpretation and with political allegiance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268017514
• ISBN13: 9780268017514
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.8"