After Ireland: Writing the Nation from Beckett to the Present

by Declan Kiberd

Book Overview

Ireland is suffering from a crisis of authority. Catholic Church scandals, political corruption, and economic collapse have shaken the Irish people's faith in their institutions and thrown the nation's struggle for independence into question. While Declan Kiberd explores how political failures and economic globalization have eroded Irish sovereignty, he also sees a way out of this crisis. After Ireland surveys thirty works by modern writers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674976568
• ISBN13: 9780674976566
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 8.4"