World War I in Irish Art and Literature

Name: World War I in Irish Art and Literature
Brand: McFarland and Company, Inc.
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By Karen Hannel

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"Focusing on Ireland's literary response to World War I, this book explores writings from a range of perspectives that intervened in Irish political and cultural discourse. Works such as Patrick MacGill's novel The Amateur Army (1915), John Lavery's Daylight Raid from my Studio (1917) and Margaret Barrington's My Cousin Justin (1939) show how the war was fully examined by Irish authors--but was disregarded with the beginning of World War II. Diverse voices challenged prevailing notions of Irish national identity, from the bourgeois cosmopolitanism of Tom Kettle to the working-class internationalism of Patrick MacGill to Pamela Hinkson's cynicism about imperial patriarchy"--

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 208
Release Date:: 2022-11-04
Publication Date:: 2022-11-04
Publisher:: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1476675422
ISBN13:: 9781476675428
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:: 18
Weight:: 346 g
Height:: 152 cm
Width:: 229 cm
Thickness:: 12 cm

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