After Ireland
Author | : Declan Kiberd |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2017-11-13 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674981669 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674981669 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis After Ireland by : Declan Kiberd
Download or read book After Ireland written by Declan Kiberd and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political failures and globalization have eroded Ireland’s sovereignty—a decline portended in Irish literature. Surveying the bleak themes in thirty works by modern writers, Declan Kiberd finds audacious experimentation that embodies the defiance and resourcefulness of Ireland’s founding spirit—and a strange kind of hope for a more open nation.