The Battle of the Books: Two Decades of Irish Cultural Debate - Couverture souple

McCormack, W. J.

 
9780946640133: The Battle of the Books: Two Decades of Irish Cultural Debate
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0946640130 ISBN 13 : 9780946640133
Editeur : The Lilliput Press Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

The war of words between critics and writers is no paper conflict but affects daily life where literature and politics interact. The twentieth-century concern is nowhere more evident than in Ireland today where the growing 'Troubles' in Ulster gave critical debate particular focus. In this clear-eyed survey Bill McCormack assesses the alliances, the animosities, the factions, seeking to show the common ground they share even as they dispute its possession. In his analysis of individual writers, journals and larger enterprises, McCormack raises some unexpected possibilities: Is Conor Cruise O'Brien best understood as a Catholic mystic? Should Field Day be seen as a depoliticising force in Irish culture? What truly distinguishes the manoeuvres of Seamus Heaney, Terence Brown, Edna Longley and Denis Donhgue from each other? Have critics begun to learn from historians, or have historians begun to fight shy of culture? Is the British Literary Left imperialist? Is there a non-sectarian art? Underlying this polished and stimulating critique is a sombre awareness of literature's contribution to political malaise, and a call for an engagement with the real forces that govern people's lives.

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Éditeur
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Date d'édition
1989
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0946640130
ISBN 13 
9780946640133
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
96
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Personne responsable
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