Broken Irelands : literary form in post-crash Irish fiction /
"In Broken Irelands, McGlynn examines Irish novels of the post-crash era, addressing the proliferation of writing that downplays realistic and grammatical coherence in works of fiction. Noting that these traits have the effect of diminishing human agency, blurring questions of responsibility, a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Syracuse, New York :
Syracuse University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | First Edition. |
| Series: | Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "In Broken Irelands, McGlynn examines Irish novels of the post-crash era, addressing the proliferation of writing that downplays realistic and grammatical coherence in works of fiction. Noting that these traits have the effect of diminishing human agency, blurring questions of responsibility, and emphasizing emotion over rationality, McGlynn argues that they are reflecting and responding to social and economic conditions during the global economic crisis and its aftermath of recession, austerity, and precarity"-- |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0815655703 9780815655701 |
