Irish Literature in the Celtic Tiger Years 1990 to 2008: Gender, Bodies, Memory

by Susan Cahill

Book Overview

When Irish culture and economics underwent rapid changes during the Celtic Tiger Years, Anne Enright, Colum McCann and il s N Dhuibhne began writing. Now that period of Irish history has closed, this study uncovers how their writing captured that unique historical moment.

By showing how N Dhuibhne's novels act as considered arguments against attempts to disavow the past, how McCann's protagonists come to terms with their history and how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441152024
• ISBN13: 9781441152022
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"