Irish detective fiction has enjoyed an international readership for over a decade, appearing on best-seller lists across the globe. But its breadth of hard-boiled and amateur detectives, historical fiction, and police procedurals has remained somewhat marginalized in academic scholarship. Exploring the work of some of its leading writersincluding Peter Tremayne, John Connolly, Declan Hughes, Ken Bruen, Brian McGilloway, Stuart Neville, Tana French, Jane Casey, and Benjamin BlackThe Contemporary Irish Detective Novel opens new ground in Irish literary criticism and genre studies. It considers the detective genres position in Irish Studies and the standing of Irish authors within the detective novel tradition.
Contributors: Carol Baraniuk, Nancy Marck Cantwell, Brian Cliff, Fiona Coffey, Charlotte J. Headrick, Andrew Kincaid, Audrey McNamara, and Shirley Peterson.
Introduction; Elizabeth Mannion.- 1.Hello D?laigh; Nancy Marck Cantwell.- 2.A honeycomb world; Brian Cliff.- 3.Where No Kindness Goes Unpunished; Charlotte J. Headrick.- 4.Detecting Hope; Andrew Kincaid.- 5.Negotiating Borders; Carol Baraniuk.- 6.The Place You Dont Belong; Fiona Coffey.- 7.Voicing the Unspeakable; Shirley Peterson.- 8.Irish by Blood and English by Accident; Elizabeth Mannion.- 9.Quirke, The 1950s and Leopold Bloom; Audrey McNamara.
The critical scholars chosen to contribute to the collection are as diverse as the books examined, and this brings much to the table. & The Contemporary Irish Detective serves as a powerful tonic to those upset by poor service from the academic world. (Gerard Brennan, Breac - A Digital Journal of Irish Studies, breac.nd.edu, June 19, 2019)
This collection of nine insightful essays opens new ground and advocates for a more considered appraisal of detective fiction, within Irish literary studls:
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