{"product_id":"reading-the-contemporary-irish-novel-1987-2007-9781444336191","title":"Reading the Contemporary Irish Novel 1987  2007","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading the Contemporary Irish Novel 19872007\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis is the first text-focused critical survey of the Irish novel from 1987 to 2007, providing detailed readings of 11 seminal Irish novels\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA timely and much needed text in a largely uncharted critical field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigates the ways in which Irish novels have sought to deal with and reflect a changing Ireland\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe fruit of many years reading, teaching and research on the subject by a leading and highly respected academic in \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In addition to developing intellectually bold arguments, Reading the Contemporary Irish Novel is also enjoyable to read – an enviable achievement for any academic book.  There is an ease to Harte’s style and a lightness of touch in the way he deals with an expansive range of socio-historical contexts that makes this book deserving of a broad readership beyond the walls of the university.” (\u003ci\u003eIrish Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 18 March 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It offers an excellent primer in each chapter that I can easily imagine being of great use not only to students of literature, but also to those of us engaged in the work of teaching and studying such works.” (\u003ci\u003eNew Madrid\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Students and scholars of Irish literature, history, and culture will find much to admire in this wide-ranging book; not only is it an insightful complement to Harte’s other monographs but also it is especially valuable to those teaching the Irish novel.” (\u003ci\u003eCollege Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, Summer 2018).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“All in all, an accomplished and insightful critical success. Harte brings wide reading to his analyses and great light to the novels he discusses in depth. \u003ci\u003eReading the Contemporary Irish Novel \u003c\/i\u003eis must reading for Irish Studies scholars.” (\u003ci\u003eNew Hibernia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Spring 2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Harte’s readings demonstrate the kind of fluency and comprehensiveness that one has come to expect of his criticism.” (\u003ci\u003eSouth Carolina Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Spring 2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“As a guide to some of the major issues and concerns of Ireland in the last thirty years and how writers have dealt with them, this is a substantial engagement with the field.” (\u003ci\u003eBreac: A Digital Journal of Irish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 19 March 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements ix  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Reading the Contemporary Irish Novel 1987–2007 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 In the FamilyWay: Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy (1987–1991) 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 House Arrest: John McGahern’s Amongst Women (1990) 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Malignant Shame: Patrick McCabe’s The Butcher Boy (1992) 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Uncertain Terms, Unstable Sands: Colm T´ oib´ýn’s The Heather Blazing (1992) 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Unbearable Proximities:William Trevor’s Felicia’s Journey (1994) 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 History’s Hostages: Edna O’Brien’s House of Splendid Isolation (1994) 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Shadows in the Air: Seamus Deane’s Reading in the Dark (1996) 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Politics of Pity: Sebastian Barry’s A Long Long Way (2005) 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Mourning Remains Unresolved: Anne Enright’s The Gathering (2007) 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 259\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530086719831,"sku":"9781444336191","price":69.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444336191.jpg?v=1731878018","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-the-contemporary-irish-novel-1987-2007-9781444336191","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}