Irish Literature Since 1990 Diverse voices [Paperback]

This is a distinctive book that examines the diversity and energy of writing in a period marked by the unparalleled global prominence of Irish culture.

This collection provides a wide-ranging survey of fiction, poetry and drama over the last two decades, considering both well-established figures and also emerging writers who have received relatively little critical attention. Contributors explore the central developments within Irish culture and society that have transformed the writing and reading of identity, sexuality, history and gender. The book examines the impact of Mary Robinson's Presidency; growing cultural confidence 'back home'; legislative reform on sexual and moral issues; the uneven effects generated by the resurgence of the Irish economy (the 'Celtic Tiger' myth); Ireland's increasingly prominent role in Europe; and changing reputation. In its breadth and critical currency, this book will be of particular interest to academics and students working in the fields of literature, drama and cultural studies.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

I: Changing History: the Republic and Northern Ireland since 1990 - Michael Parker

II: Flying High? Culture, Criticism, Theory since 1990 - Scott Brewster

Part One: Drama

1. 'Home Places: Irish Drama since 1990' - Clare Wallace and Ondrej Pilny

2. 'Foregrounding the Body and Performance in Plays by Gina Moxley, Emma Donoghue and Marina Carr - Maria Kurdi

3. 'The Stuff of Tragedy? Representations of Irish Political Leaders in the

'Haughey' Plays of Carr, Barry and Breen - Anthony Roche

4. 'New Articulations of Irishness and Otherness on the Contemporary Irish Stage' - Martine Pelletier

Part Two: Poetry

5. 'Scattered and Diverse: Irish Poetry Since 1990' - Jerzy Jarniewicz and John McDonagh

6. Architectural Metaphors: Representations of the House in the Poetry of Eil?an N?

Chuillean?in and Vona Groarke' - Lucy Collins