{"product_id":"deirdre-madden-new-critical-perspectives-9781526118929","title":"Deirdre Madden: New Critical Perspectives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Irish writer, Deirdre Madden, has written key novels about the Northern Irish Troubles and about contemporary Ireland. In these works, she weighs up the aftermath of violence and the impact of the shift to a more open but materialist society in the country overall. Memory, trauma, and the abiding but elusive links between the past and the present are central concerns of her fiction. This pioneering set of essays by leading experts in Irish Studies explores the many dimensions of her novels from a wide variety of perspectives. Madden’s skill at interweaving novels of ideas with artist novels that draw out the complex inner predicaments of her characters is highlighted. States of dislocation are concentrated on in her texts, but also the quest for a home in the world and a lasting set of values that allows for personal integrity and authenticity. These multifaceted explorations bear out the compelling and enduring aspects of Madden’s highly regarded novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The essays gathered in this exemplary and fascinating collection analyse... many... themes woven through Deirdre Madden’s work.'\u003cbr\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Deirdre Madden: a jagged symmetry – Frank McGuinness\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction – Anne Fogarty and Marisol Morales-Ladrón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Memory, trauma, and the Troubles\u003cbr\u003e1 ‘Images … at the absolute edge of memory’: memory and temporality in \u003ci\u003eHidden Symptoms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne by One in the Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Time Present and Time Past \u003c\/i\u003e– Stefanie Lehner\u003cbr\u003e2 ‘The horror of little details’: remembering the Troubles in \u003ci\u003eHidden Symptoms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne by One in the Darkness \u003c\/i\u003e– Elisabeth Chase\u003cbr\u003e3 Journeying through loss: transcendence and healing in Deirdre Madden’s \u003ci\u003eHidden Symptoms \u003c\/i\u003e– Catriona Clutterbuck\u003cbr\u003e4 Class and multiplicity in \u003ci\u003eOne by One in the Darkness \u003c\/i\u003e– Brian Cliff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Art and objects\u003cbr\u003e5 Objects in Deirdre Madden’s artist novels – Sylvie Mikowski\u003cbr\u003e6 Ageing and identity in Deirdre Madden’s \u003ci\u003eAuthenticity \u003c\/i\u003e– Heather Ingman\u003cbr\u003e7 Sensing one’s way forward: psychological aspects of creativity in Deirdre Madden’s \u003ci\u003eAuthenticity \u003c\/i\u003e– Hedwig Schwall\u003cbr\u003e8 ‘What can we do, what does art do?’: ethics and aesthetics in Deirdre Madden’s \u003ci\u003eHidden Symptoms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne by One in the Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMolly Fox’s Birthday \u003c\/i\u003e– Teresa Casal\u003cbr\u003e9 Looking at animals and objects in Deirdre Madden’s children’s books and some adult fiction – Julie Anne Stevens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Home and place\u003cbr\u003e10 \u003ci\u003eNothing is Black\u003c\/i\u003e: the early Celtic Tiger and Europe – Jerry White\u003cbr\u003e11 Imaginaries of home in Deirdre Madden’s fiction – Elke D’hoker\u003cbr\u003e12 The architectural uncanny: family secrets and the Gothic in \u003ci\u003eThe Birds of the Innocent Wood \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Remembering Light and Stone \u003c\/i\u003e– Anne Fogarty\u003cbr\u003e13 Living lives: Deirdre Madden’s \u003ci\u003eAuthenticity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMolly Fox’s Birthday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime Present and Time Past\u003c\/i\u003e and the Irish Celtic Tiger novel – Derek Hand\u003cbr\u003e14 In conversation with Deirdre Madden – Marisol Morales-Ladrón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040988430679,"sku":"9781526118929","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526118929.jpg?v=1750948504","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deirdre-madden-new-critical-perspectives-9781526118929","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}