Twentieth-Century Irish Literature

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This Guide surveys existing criticism and theory, making clear the key critical debates, themes and issues surrounding a wide variety of Irish poets, playwrights and novelists. It relates Irish literature to debates surrounding issues such as national identity, modernity and the Revival period, armed struggle, gender, sexuality and post colonialism.

AARON KELLY is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
AARON KELLY is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Irish Literature and Criticism in the Revival
Irish Literature and Criticism After Partition
The Development of Irish Studies: Contesting the Revival
Irish Studies Paradigms and Literature After Partition
Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in Irish Literature
Contemporary Literature in the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland
Conclusion: Irish Studies Today
Notes
Select Bibliography
Suggested Primary Reading
Index.

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