Inventing Ireland The Literature of the Modern Nation |
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| Author:
| Kiberd, Declan |
| Series title: | Convergences Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-46364-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1997 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $96.00 |
Book Description:
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Kiberd offers an account of the personalities and texts that reinvented Ireland after centuries of colonialism. Combining daring, detailed interpretations of literary masterpieces with assessments of the wider role of language, sport, clothing, politics, and philosophy in the Irish revival, this book is a major literary history of modern Ireland.
Kiberd offers an account of the personalities and texts that reinvented Ireland after centuries of colonialism. Combining daring, detailed interpretations of literary masterpieces with assessments of the wider role of language, sport, clothing, politics, and philosophy in the Irish revival, this book is a major literary history of modern Ireland.